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6:00 PM
The Murderers Are Among Us
Film Screening|A noir about redemption and the terrors of war, filmed in the rubble of post-WWII Berlin
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Goethe-Institut Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Language German with English subtitles
- Price Free and open to the public, please register in advance and bring photo ID for check-in
- Part of series: Berlin Nights
Dir. Wolfgang Staudte
Germany, 1946
DVD, b/w, 81 min.
In 1945, the artist Susanne Wallner (Hildegard Knef) returns to Berlin after spending three years in a concentration camp. Yet amid the ruins, she is filled with a renewed energy for life. When she arrives at her old apartment, she finds that Dr. Hans Mertens (Ernst Wilhelm Borchert) has taken up residence there. A physician and former German officer, Mertens is haunted by the wartime execution of Polish civilians, which he did nothing to prevent. Under Susanne's care, the broken man gathers new strength. Then, by chance, Mertens meets his former captain (Arno Paulsen) and decides to take the law into his own hands.
THE MURDERERS ARE AMONG US was the first film made in Germany after WWII and has since become a classic. It was supported by the Soviet Allies and produced by the newly-founded DEFA Studio. Blending film noir, German expressionism, and Italian neorealism, THE MURDERERS ARE AMONG US begins to grapple with the magnitude of a national guilt and search for atonment.
Germany, 1946
DVD, b/w, 81 min.
In 1945, the artist Susanne Wallner (Hildegard Knef) returns to Berlin after spending three years in a concentration camp. Yet amid the ruins, she is filled with a renewed energy for life. When she arrives at her old apartment, she finds that Dr. Hans Mertens (Ernst Wilhelm Borchert) has taken up residence there. A physician and former German officer, Mertens is haunted by the wartime execution of Polish civilians, which he did nothing to prevent. Under Susanne's care, the broken man gathers new strength. Then, by chance, Mertens meets his former captain (Arno Paulsen) and decides to take the law into his own hands.
THE MURDERERS ARE AMONG US was the first film made in Germany after WWII and has since become a classic. It was supported by the Soviet Allies and produced by the newly-founded DEFA Studio. Blending film noir, German expressionism, and Italian neorealism, THE MURDERERS ARE AMONG US begins to grapple with the magnitude of a national guilt and search for atonment.
Location
Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave
Suite 420
Chicago, IL 60601
USA
150 N Michigan Ave
Suite 420
Chicago, IL 60601
USA
Location
Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave
Suite 420
Chicago, IL 60601
USA
150 N Michigan Ave
Suite 420
Chicago, IL 60601
USA