A light-hearted comedy
about friendship, community, love, and capitalism, set in the long, hot East
German summer of 1990.
Maren (Sandra Hüller),
Robert (Max Riemelt) and Volker (Ronald Zehrfeld) have known and loved each
other since childhood. In the final weeks before reunification and with Germany
about to change forever, the trio stumble across a fortune in soon-to-be-worthless
East German currency, left to rot in Government storage.
With just days to work
out what to do with this unexpected windfall before it becomes useless, the three
friends and their neighbours hatch an elaborate plan to exchange the cash for
goods – outwitting the incoming Westerners and their capitalism before time
runs out. But can a community previously living under strict socialist values
handle this sudden wealth? Dir. Natja Brunckhorst, 1hr 55mins, German with
subtitles, cert 12A.
Join
us for a German Language Café in The
Foyer, from 6.30pm before the screening.
Tickets: £9.00 (£8.50) +
80p per ticket if booked online