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Event series

Nov-Dec. 2025

DIVIDED HEAVENS: 100 YEARS OF KONRAD WOLF

Konrad Wolf is considered one of the most important filmmakers of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). His work, characterized by a profound examination of German history and the present, ranges across subject and genre, including musicals, antifascist films, and stories about the everyday lives of artists, soldiers, and laborers. To mark the centennial of his birth, join us for a city-wide series celebrating his cinematic legacy, featuring films on rare 16mm and 35mm prints from the DEFA Film Library at UMass Amherst.

All films will be screened with English subtitles.

Events

  • Stars

    Film Screening | Presented in partnership with Doc Films and the DEFA Film Library

    • Doc Films, Chicago, IL

    • In German, Ladino, and Bulgarian with English subtitles

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  • Divided Heaven

    Film screening | Presented in cooperation with the DEFA film library

    • Goethe-Institut Chicago, Chicago, IL

    • German with English subtitles

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  • I Was Nineteen

    Film Screening | Presented in partnership with Doc Films and the DEFA Film Library

    • Doc Films, Chicago, IL

    • German with English subtitles

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  • Solo Sunny

    Film screening | Presented in collaboration with Block Cinema

    • Block Cinema, Evanston, IL

    • German with English subtitles

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  • Mama, I'm Alive

    Film Screening | Presented in partnership with Doc Films and the DEFA Film Library

    • Doc Films, Chicago, IL

    • German with English subtitles

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