November 14, 2019
5:00 – 8:00 pm
C.K. Choi Building, Rm. #351
Film Screening: Gundermann (dir. Andreas Dresen, 2018)
Organized as part of a series commemorating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Film screening of Andreas Dresen’s film Gundermann (2018), winner of the 2019 German Film Award for Best Feature Film. The renowned German filmmaker Andreas Dresen transformed the biography of real-life figure Gerhard Gundermann into an intense cinematic reflection about life during the time of the German Democratic Republic. The film considers, among other things, Gundermann’s life as a coal miner, singer, and his complex and contested relationship with the East German secret police.
Presented by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Vancouver in partnership with the Institute for European Studies and the Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies.