Two to One | Zwei zu Eins
Film|German Currents Kino | German Currents @ Gardena Cinema
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GARDENA CINEMA + DIGITAL GYM
- Language German with English Subtitles
- Price $5
Natja Brunckhorst's German box office hit film TWO TO ONE (ZWEI ZU EINS) will screen in Gardena in cooperation with the Gardena Cinema, and in San Diego as part of GERMAN CURRENTS KINO San Diego, a partnership between the Goethe-Institut, emago media, and the Digital Gym Cinema.
TWO TO ONE will screen at the following cinemas:
Wednesday, November 19th at 7:00 PM
@ GARDENA CINEMA: 14948 Crenshaw Blvd, Gardena, CA 90249 Friday, November 21st + Sunday, November 23rd
@Gigital Gym:1100 Market st. San Diego, CA, 92101
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.
These screenings are presented at the Gardena Cinema as part of German Currents at the Gardena Cinema, GERMAN CURRENTS KINO San Diego, and with the support of AMONG FRIENDS – UNTER FREUNDEN, a campaign of the Goethe-Institut USA to celebrate and strengthen transatlantic friendship.
TWO TO ONE will screen at the following cinemas:
Wednesday, November 19th at 7:00 PM
@ GARDENA CINEMA: 14948 Crenshaw Blvd, Gardena, CA 90249 Friday, November 21st + Sunday, November 23rd
@Gigital Gym:1100 Market st. San Diego, CA, 92101
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.
These screenings are presented at the Gardena Cinema as part of German Currents at the Gardena Cinema, GERMAN CURRENTS KINO San Diego, and with the support of AMONG FRIENDS – UNTER FREUNDEN, a campaign of the Goethe-Institut USA to celebrate and strengthen transatlantic friendship.