Tom Sawyer
Sunday, Sepember 30, 11:00 am
Castro Theatre
North American Premiere
A German vision of the American classic by Mark Twain. Tom Sawyer has nothing but pranks and mischief on his mind—much to the distress of his Aunt Polly, with whom he and his stepbrother Sid live in the little town of St. Petersburg on the Mississippi. Although he’s a tough nut to crack, Polly has taken it upon herself to raise Tom to be a responsible, decent person. Luckily for Tom, he has a friend who loves adventures as much as he does, an orphan named Huck Finn. Only one very exceptional girl manages to take Tom’s mind off of his gallivanting around with Huck: Becky Thatcher, the daughter of the new judge of St. Petersburg, who has just moved into town. Tom does everything possible to impress her with his “heroic deeds.”
Germany (2011), 105 min. (35mm film projection)
In German with English subtitles
Director: Hermine Huntgeburth Screenwriter: Sascha Arango
Cast: Louis Hofmann, Leon Seidel, Heike Makatsch, Benno Fürmann
World Sales: Beta Cinema
Director Hermine Huntgeburth was honored with the German Film Award for Best Newcomer Director in 1991 for her first feature Im Kreise der Lieben. A popular director for TV films, her celebrated screen works include The White Masai (2005) and Effi Briest (2009).
