Christian Petzold’s films are like no one else’s. At once intricately engaged with the real world and steeped in film history, they radically reimagine such genres as film noir, thriller, melodrama, and the spy drama, offering narrative mysteries, enigmatic protagonists immersed in even more enigmatic circumstances, an incomparable sense of atmosphere and style, and surprising links between Germany’s turbulent past and its fragile present. A founding member of the loose movement known as the Berlin School, and a longtime collaborator of the late Harun Farocki, Petzold gained international attention with acclaimed titles
Jerichow (2008),
Barbara (2012),
Phoenix (2014), and his latest masterwork,
Transit (2018). The expanse of his career to date—including several inventive films made for television—affirms his status as one of contemporary cinema’s premier directors.
This fall the Film Society at Lincoln Center is honored to host Petzold in person. In addition to featuring his own works, they will present a selection of movies that have influenced him. Presented in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut, with support from German Films.
Organized by Dennis Lim and Dan Sullivan
Film Program
TRANSIT
2018, Germany/France, 101 min
German with English subtitles
November 30, 6:30pm (Q&A with Christian Petzold; reception at 5:30pm open to all ticket holders)
JERICHOW
2008, Germany, 35mm, 93 min
German and Turkish with English subtitles
November 30, 9:15pm (introduction by Christian Petzold)
December 8, 8:30pm
THE STATE I AM IN / Die innere Sicherheit
2000, Germany, 35mm, 106 min
German and Portugese with English subtitles
December 1, 4:30pm (Q&A with Christian Petzold for ticketholders)
December 7, 6:30pm
December 9, 2:00pm
PHOENIX
2014, Germany, 98 min
German with English subtitles
December 1, 6:45pm (introduction by Christian Petzold)
December 9, 6:30pm
YELLA
2007, Germany, 35mm, 89 minutes
German with English subtitles
December 2, 4:00pm (Q&A with Christian Petzold for ticketholders)
December 9, 4:15pm
THE SEX THIEF / Beischlafdiebin
1998, Germany, 35mm, 85 min
German with English subtitles
December 2, 6:30pm (introduction by Christian Petzold)
December 8, 6:30pm
WOLFSBURG
2003, Germany, 35mm, 90 min
German with English subtitles
December 4, 7:00pm
December 11, 9:15pm
SOMETHING TO REMIND ME / Toter Mann
2001, Germany, 35mm, 90 min
German with English subtitles
December 4, 9:00pm
December 9, 9:00pm
Harun Farocki Program:
THE INTERVIEW / Die Bewerbung
NOTHING VENTURED / Nicht ohne Risiko
Harun Farocki, 1997/2004, Germany, 117 min
German with English subtitles
December 6, 6:30pm
DREILEBEN: BEATS BEING DEAD / Dreileben: Etwas Besseres als den Tod
2011, Germany, 88 min
German with English subtitles
December 6, 9:00pm
PILOTS / Pilotinnen
1995, Germany, 16mm, 68 min
German with English subtitles
Screening with:
SÜDEN
1990, Germany, 16mm, 9 min
German with English subtitles
December 7, 9:00pm
December 12, 7:00pm
GHOSTS / Gespenster
2005, Germany, 35mm, 85 min
German with English subtitles
December 8, 4.30pm
December 13, 7:00pm
BARBARA
2012, Germany, 35mm, 105 min
German with English subtitles
December 11, 7:00pm
December 13, 9:00pm
CUBA LIBRE
1996, Germany, 92 min
German with English Subtitles
December 12, 8:45pm
Carte Blanche: Christian Petzold Selects
HE RAN ALL THE WAY
John Berry, 1951, USA, 35mm, 77 min
Screening with:
A DAY IN THE COUNTRY / Partie de campagne
Jean Renoir, France, 1936, 35mm, 40m
French with English subtitles
December 1, 1:30pm
December 4, 4:00pm
SOME CAME RUNNING
Vincente Minnelli, 1958, USA, 35mm, 137 min
December 1, 9:15pm
December 6, 3:30pm
OSLO, AUGUST 31ST / Oslo, 31. august
Joachim Trier, 2011, Norway, 35mm, 96 min
English and Norwegian with English subtitles
December 2, 2:00pm
THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR / La femme d'à côté
François Truffaut, 1981, France, 35mm, 106 min
French with English subtitles
December 2, 8:30pm
December 7, 4:00pm
THE YOUNG LIEUTENANT / Le petit lieutenant
Xavier Beauvois, 2005, France, 35mm, 110min
French, Polish, and Russian with English subtitles
December 8, 2:00pm
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