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3:00 PM
The Legend of Paul and Paula + Screen Talk: East Germany in the Eyes of Women Protagonists
Film
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Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hongkong
- Price $ 75/60* *Tickets for full-time students, senior citizens, aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and the minder and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients.| Group Booking Discount: 20% off for purchase of 4 or more above standard tickets. | 20% discount to Goethe-Institut Hongkong’s students with a valid proof
- Part of series: 30 Years Fall of the Berlin Wall - DEFA Classics Revisited
Director: Heiner Carow
1973 | 106 mins | German with English subtitles | DCP | Colour
Introduction and post-screening talk by Christina Schmidt
A fairytale of two Ps
Single mother Paula falls in love with married Paul (played by Winfried Glatzeder, who was coined as the East German Jean-Paul Belmondo). Paula might have been the true love of his life, but Paul contains his desire in order to maintain a seemingly normal life and stays in a wedlock where his wife is cheating, as Paula pursues Paul relentlessly as if there is no tomorrow. The Legend of Paul and Paula is an enchanting plea for the right to individual happiness, even in a socialist state. The film was a big hit in the GDR until it was banned later.
DEFA Film Expert
Christina Schmidt is now based in Berlin (Germany) and Bologna (Italy). She was born in Erfurt in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1963, and graduated with a degree in film studies, history and dramaturgy from Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen in Potsdam-Babelsberg (GDR). In 1988, she started working on television dramas and scriptwriting for the DEFA studio. Since 1991, she has become independent and has been teaching, writing, organising events and working on documentary and research projects about the history of DEFA and its films. She has published a book on East German cinema titled Al di là del Muro: Cinema e società nella Germania Est 1945-1990.
1973 | 106 mins | German with English subtitles | DCP | Colour
Introduction and post-screening talk by Christina Schmidt
A fairytale of two Ps
Single mother Paula falls in love with married Paul (played by Winfried Glatzeder, who was coined as the East German Jean-Paul Belmondo). Paula might have been the true love of his life, but Paul contains his desire in order to maintain a seemingly normal life and stays in a wedlock where his wife is cheating, as Paula pursues Paul relentlessly as if there is no tomorrow. The Legend of Paul and Paula is an enchanting plea for the right to individual happiness, even in a socialist state. The film was a big hit in the GDR until it was banned later.
Screen Talk: East Germany in the Eyes of Women Protagonists
To explore our selection of DEFA films in greater depth, former DEFA film producer and researcher Christina Schmidt will visit Hong Kong to give a general overview of the oeuvre of DEFA and how GDR culture and society are reflected and refracted in the eyes of women protagonists.
Christina Schmidt
DEFA Film Expert
Christina Schmidt is now based in Berlin (Germany) and Bologna (Italy). She was born in Erfurt in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1963, and graduated with a degree in film studies, history and dramaturgy from Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen in Potsdam-Babelsberg (GDR). In 1988, she started working on television dramas and scriptwriting for the DEFA studio. Since 1991, she has become independent and has been teaching, writing, organising events and working on documentary and research projects about the history of DEFA and its films. She has published a book on East German cinema titled Al di là del Muro: Cinema e società nella Germania Est 1945-1990.
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Location
Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre
UB, 2 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Hongkong
Transnational
UB, 2 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Hongkong
Transnational
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