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Occupation Story Gets New Life
A Woman in Berlin to be shown at the Angelika
Nina Hoss in A Woman in Berlin
Playing at the Angelika Film Center for a limited time, A Woman in Berlin is a film that follows the illustrative story of the German Anonyma as she struggles to survive in a Red Army occupied Berlin. The film explores the themes of power and sexuality that real life German women dealt with during a time when often angry and vengeful Red soldiers asserted their power through force and abuse. In fact, the story itself is based upon the diaries of the real Anonyma, who was a reporter and photographer in Germany during the 1945 occupation. Her memoirs were published in 1953 but were roundly banned before a reprint in 2003.
The film, written and directed by acclaimed artist Max Färberböck (Aimee and Jaguar) stars Nina Hoss as the survivor Anonyma whose tenuous and complicated relationship with Russian officer Andrej (Evgeny Sidikhin) comprises the narrative meat of the story. Berlin’s critical appeal and industry buzz—it recently nabbed Best International Feature at the Santa Barbara Film Festival—certainly helped it win its slot at the famous Angelika Film Center. The independent movie house, respected city wide as the heart of independent film exhibition in the big apple, is dedicated to showing only the finest in independent film.
The film will run July 17–31 at the Angelika Film Center in SoHo. For ticket and show time information visit www.angelikafilmcenter.com.