Sommer-Kino

What's better to enjoy your summer holiday than sitting comfortably in our air-conditioned library and watch films with your friends or family?

Come join our Sommer-Kino on 6th August (Sun). We have selected two funny German films for you and your children.

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Screening One - Fiddlesticks (Quatsch und die Nasenbärbande)

Time: 14:00 - 15:30
2014, 82 mins, Germany, Director: Veit Helmer, Comedy, Family, Musical

In this lighthearted German farce, the citizens of Bollersdorf take great pride in being perfectly average in everything: weight, age, household members and more. Bollersdorf is so average, in fact, that a market research company uses the town as a testing ground. Fortunately, a ragtag group of kindergarteners known as the Coati Gang, doesn't fall for it. With the help of their grandparents, the gang sets out to make its town "extra" ordinary using creativity, pluck and ingenuity. A hilarious and heartwarming live-action adventure.
 

Screening two - the legend of Timm Thaler or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter (Timm Thaler oder das verkaufte Lachen)

Time: 15:45 - 17:20
2016, 102 mins, Germany, Director: Andreas Dresen, Comedy, Drama

After directing films as diverse as "Halbe Treppe" ("Grill Point") and "Sommer vorm Balkon" ("Summer in Berlin"), Andreas Dresen is now making his first foray into family entertainment with a big screen adaptation of James Krüss's 1962 novel which has been the director's favorite book since his childhood days. 12-year-old Berliner Arved Friese has been cast in the title role as "Timm Thaler" who trades his enchanting laughter to the mysterious Baron Lefuet (played by actor-director Justus von Dohnányi) in exchange for the ability to win any bet he makes. However, Timm soon realizes that a person is not complete without laughter, but Lefuet is not that easy to outwit when he tries to regain this gift of laughter...