Freies Land

(Free Country)
Director: Christian Alvart
2020, colour, 129 minutes, German with English subtitles

Winter 1992, somewhere in the bleak, rundown expanses of northeast Germany: two police inspectors – one from the West, one from the East – are looking into the disappearance of two girls... And end up sinking deeper and deeper into the mire of the formerly divided Germany. A thriller with a sense of history.

Christian Alvart was born in 1974. He is a self-taught film director. He made his feature film debut in 1999 with "Curiosity & the Cat", which was nominated for the Max Ophüls Prize. After his second feature film "Antikörper" ("Antibodies") (2005), he moved to Hollywood and directed horror-thriller "Fall 39" (2007), followed by the sci-fi thriller "Pandorum" (2008). Back in Germany, Alvart worked as a director for the "Tatort" series and directed thrillers and comedies. He also directed the Netflix series "Dogs of Berlin".

For age group 18 years and above.

Friday Films are the monthly screenings of German films at the Goethe-Instiute / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata. One film is screened every third Friday of the Month from 6.30 pm in the audirtorium of the Goethe-Institut. All films are in German language with English subtitles.