Western Germany 50s cinema remains essentially unknown abroad, and at home it’s considered a special case. With all their unpredictable twists and turns of stories and fates, double and triple endings, clashes and/or layers of styles and genres, 1950s West German cinema bears witness to the surprising and often creative quest for a modern democratic state out of the rubble of a modern fascist dictatorship.
This evening features a screening of The Eighth Day of the Week (1958) by Aleksander Ford.