Special Festival Program: Five Films From Five Decades
German Film Festival | 1980s: Solo Sunny
The Goethe-Institut celebrates 50 years in Australia
This year’s German Film Festival features a special program curated by the Goethe-Institut in celebration of our 50th year in Australia. To celebrate, our teams in Melbourne and Sydney hand-picked a film highlight from each of these five decades… join us on this exhilarating time-travel expedition through the 70s with the Tin Drum, the 80s with Solo Sunny, the 90s with Run Lola Run, the 00s with Goodbye, Lenin! and the 10s with Victoria...
1980s: Solo Sunny
- 1980 | 104 min | East Germany | Drama, Music
- DIRECTOR: Konrad Wolf, Wolfgang Kohlhaase
- CAST: Renate Krößner, Alexander Lang, Dieter Montag
- LANGUAGE: German with English subtitles
- ABOUT: An iconic DEFA film that follows an aspiring pop singer on tour and in the underground music scene in East Berlin that captures East Germany of the 1970s through its gritty-glitzy visuals and catchy soundtrack.
- PRESS: “Refreshing, entertaining” - Variety
- AWARDS: WINNER Best Actress, Berlin International Film Festival, 1980 WINNER Critics’ Prize, FIPRESCI 1980 WINNER, Best Script, Chicago International Film Festival 1980
--- The Five FIlms ---
1970s: The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel)
1980s: Solo Sunny
1990s: Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt)
2000s: Goodbye, Lenin!
2010s: Victoria
--- Screening Details ---
Sydney | Palace Chauvel
- Mon, 6 June | 8:15pm | Good Bye, Lenin!
- Tue, 7 June | 5:30pm | The Tin Drum
- Wed, 8 June | 8:15pm | Solo Sunny
- Sun, 12 June | 7:00pm | Run Lola Run
- Sat, 11 June | 7:15pm | Victoria
- Mon, 30 May | 7:30pm | The Tin Drum
- Sun, 5 June | 12:00pm | Solo Sunny
- Sun, 12 June | 4:00pm | Good Bye, Lenin!
- Mon, 13 June | 7:30pm | Victoria
- Thus, 16 June | 7:00pm | Run Lola Run
- Sat, 4 June 5:30pm | Run Lola Run
- Sun, 5 June 7:15pm | Victoria
- Sat, 11 June 5:30pm | The Tin Drum
- Sun, 12 June | 4:20pm | Good Bye, Lenin!
- Sun, 19 June | 4:00pm | Solo Sunny
- Wed, 8 June | 5:45pm | The Tin Drum
- Fri, 10 June | 8:30pm | Victoria
- Sat, 11 June | 1:45pm | Good Bye, Lenin!
- Wed, 15 June | 6:00pm | Solo Sunny
- Sun, 19 June | 4:20pm | Run Lola Run
- Sun, 5 June | 4:00pm | Good Bye, Lenin!
- Tue, 7 June | 8:30pm | Solo Sunny
- Fri, 10 June | 5:30pm | The Tin Drum
- Sat, 11 June | 1:00pm | Run Lola Run
- Sat, 18 June | 8:00pm | Victoria
- Sun, 5 June | 3:45pm | Run Lola Run
- Tue, 14 June | 8:30pm | The Tin Drum
- Wed, 15 June | 8:10pm | Solo Sunny
- Sat, 18 June | 7:00pm | Victoria
- Sun, 19 June | 3:30pm | Good Bye, Lenin!
- Tue, 7 June | 8:50pm | Solo Sunny
- Friday 10 June | 8:40pm | Good Bye, Lenin!
- Wed,15 June | 8:15pm | Victoria
- Sat, 18 June | 1:40pm | Run Lola Run
- Mon, 20 June | 8:30pm | The Tin Drum
Details
Various Locations in Australia
Language: German with English subtitles
Price: Please see German Film Festival Website
germanfilmfestival@palacecinemas.com.au
Part of series German Film Festival | Five Films From Five Decades