Film + Discussion with select cast + crew

POSTPONED - DUE TO THE CURRENT FIRES IN LOS ANGELES

Advance screening of episodes 1 & 2 of the highly acclaimed ZDF mini series DIE ZWEIFLERS.

Discussion with series creator/writer/producer David Hadda, director and Villa Aurora fellow Anja Marquardt (Ep. 1,4,5,6), and actors Aaron Altaras and Mike Burstyn will follow the screening. 

This screening is part of the long-standing cooperation with the Villa Aurora, where Villa Aurora Fellows showcase their projects (past, present, and future) at the Goethe-Institut.  

Admission is free with RSVP below. 
Light refreshments provided

SCHEDULE:
6:30pm Doors open.
7:00pm Welcoming + Introduction
7:15pm DIE ZWEIFLERS - Episodes 1 & 2
8:45pm Discussion with Cast + Crew
9:30pm End of Event

Secure, free Parking is available at Metro/Retail parking structure with rear entrance to the Goethe-Institut located at
674 S. Westlake Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90057

DIE ZWEIFLERS
Germany (2024),  German, Yiddish, Russian, and English with English Subtitles
Creator/Showrunner: David Hadda, Directors: Anja Marquardt, Clara Zoë My-Linh von Arnim, Writers: David Hadda, Sarah Hadda, Juri Sternburg, Cinematography: Phillip Kaminiak, Editing: Vincent Assmann, Aurora Vögeli, Music: Marko Nyberg, Petja Virikko, Cast: Aaron Altaras, Sunnyi Melles, Saffron Coomber, Mike Burstyn, Deleila Piasko, Mark Ivanir, Eleanor Reissa, Leo Altaras, Martin Wuttke, Ute Lemper, Leonille Wittgenstein, Producers: David Hadda, Martin Danisch  (Turbokultur) Coproducers:  Christoph Pellander, Carolin Haasis (ARD / Degeto ), Jörg Himstedt  (HR), Production Company: Turbokultur in co-production with ARD/DEGETO, and Hessischer Rundfunk (HR)  Film Funding: Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Hessen Film & Medien GmbH, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, German Motion Picture Fund.
 
As family patriarch Symcha Zweifler (Mike Burstyn) announces his plan to sell his delicatessen empire, he is suddenly confronted with his past in Frankfurt's red light district just after WWII—an acid test for the whole family as long-suppressed conflicts resurface. Things get worse when Symcha's grandson Samuel (Altaras) and his girlfriend Saba (Coomber) announce that they are expecting a son. A tragic-comic search for the meaning of life begins, culminating in decisions that will change the lives of everyone involved.
Between Frankfurt and Berlin, two cities as vibrant as New York can be, this contemporary tale of a Jewish family tells the story of the inheritance of the family delicatessen between three, soon to be four, generations of Zweiflers. Led by an incredible ensemble cast, this multi-awrd-winning series shows how the past of some and the future of others come to clash. 
 

SELECT AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
CANNESERIES: Best Series, Best Music, High School Award
Deutscher Fernsehpreis: Best Drama-Series, Best Actress (Sunnyi Melles), Best Actor (Aaron Altaras), Best Cinematography
Prix Europa: Best European Video Fiction Mini Series of the Year
Blauer Panther TV & Streaming Award: Best Actor (Aaron Altaras)
Hessischer Filmpreis: Best Ensemble, Newcomer of the Year (David Hadda)

David Hadda, born 1984 in Frankfurt/Main, studied law in Heidelberg and Cologne. He completed his legal clerkship in Berlin. During his studies, he worked as a writer for stand-up comedians and TV formats. He is CEO of the production company Turbokultur. He develops and produces TV formats such as “Heroes”, “Deadlines” and “Freitagnacht Jews”, for which he won the Grimme Award and the German Television Award. He is the creator and showrunner of his latest TV series “Die Zweiflers”, which recently won three prizes in Cannes: “High School Award”, “Best Music” and “Best Series”.

Anja Marquardt was born and raised in Berlin and studied at the Berlin University of the Arts and the graduate program at New York University. Her debut feature "She's Lost Control" had its world premiere at the 2014 Berlinale, where it won the Forum's C.I.C.A.E Art Cinema Award and screened in the New Directors/New Films series at Lincoln Center and MoMA. As her latest project Anja directed the third season of the series "The Girlfriend Experience".

Presented as part of  the long-standing cooperation with the Villa Aurora, where Villa Aurora Fellows showcase their projects (past, present, and future) here at the Goethe-Institut.