GERMAN CURRENTS 2025
Two to One | Zwei zu Eins

Opening Film & Afterparty | Guest: Actor Ronald Zehrfeld

Fri, 10/17/2025
7:00 PM Aero Theatre

Presented on Friday, October 11th @ 7:00 PM at the American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre.

Admission is free with above RSVP link | Capacity is limited 
RSVP holders will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis.

In the case of SOLD-OUT screenings, a STAND-BY line will form in front of the theater. 

Q&A with actor Ronald Zehrfeld following TWO TO ONE.

All attendees are invited to an Afterparty Reception following the film 

TWO TO ONE | ZWEI ZU EINS
Germany (2024) 116 min. DCP Projection. German/English with English Subtitles
Writer-Director Natja Brunckhorst
Cinematography Martin Langer
Editor Ramin Sabetti
Cast Sandra Hüller, Max Riemelt, Ronald Zehrfeld, Ursula Werner, Peter Kurth, Martin Brambach, Kathrin Wehlisch, Olli Dittrich, and Uwe Preuss
Producers Susanne Mann, Karsten Stöter, Paul Zischler, and Martin Rehbock
Co-producer Joachim Ortmanns
Production Company Row Pictures GmbH, zischlermann filmproduktion GmbH in Co-Production with Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)

Summer 1990, Halberstadt, East Germany: The Berlin Wall has fallen, and the country is filled with uncertainty over what lies ahead. In a major step toward reunification, East German Marks can be exchanged for West German ones at a rate of two to one, giving citizens mere days to exchange their currency before the old bank notes become worthless. When three friends, Maren (Sandra Hüller), Robert (Max Riemelt), and Volker (Ronald Zehrfeld), stumble upon the vault near Halberstadt, where the old notes are being stored, they stuff their backpacks full of cash and hatch an intricate plan to put the soon-to-be worthless money into circulation.  The group’s plan seems fool-proof until notes that never existed in the GDR begin to circulate. Writer-director Natja Brunckhorst spins the real events behind the “treasure of Halberstadt” into a crowd-pleasing tragicomedy adventure blending comedy, reflections on friendship, societal resilience, and community.
 

SELECT AWARDS:
Glasgow Film Festival 2025 2nd place: Audience Award



Natja Brunckhorst was born in Berlin and debuted as teen lead actress in Uli Edel’s “Christiane F. – We Children from Bahnhof Zoo” (1981). In 2000, she began a second career as a screenwriter in addition to her work as an actress, receiving the German Film Award for Best Screenplay for the feature film “Never Mind the Wall.” In 2020, she stepped behind the camera for her feature film directorial debut with the relationship drama "Alles in bester Ordnung" (2021), based on her own screenplay. The film earned her the Best Director Award at the Festival of German Films in Ludwigshafen. “Zwei zu Eins,” her second feature film as writer and director, opened the Munich Film Festival in 2024. Natja Brunckhorst lives and works in Hamburg.


WORLD SALES
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The German Currents Film Festival 2025 is a co-production of the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles and the American Cinematheque, with the support of The Friends of Goethe, ELMA, Condor, the Austrian Consulate General in Los Angeles, go-international, Tupetz Wine Connection, Paulaner USA, Paulaner Sunset, Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House e.V., the German Film Office, our media partners Deutsche Welle, KPFK Radio, Campus Circle, our educational outreach partners Creating Creators, and in cooperation with the German Consulate General in Los Angeles.