18:00 to 24:00 / UNIVERSUM Dresden. The filmmaker and film collector Ernst Hirsch
This year, Ernst Hirsch celebrates his 90th birthday and a large special exhibition is dedicated to his life's work. In addition to images of Old Dresden, its destruction and reconstruction, the films provide astonishing insights into everyday life in the city and the beginnings of amateur film. For the first time, recordings of conversations with former Dresden Jews that Hirsch conducted in Israel in 1997 will be shown. (1ST FLOOR)
19:00 to 21:00 / Friends and companions in conversation with and about Ernst Hirsch
Friends and companions of Ernst Hirsch use selected film clips to talk about various phases of the filmmaker's life and work, including his work in the 1980s, the reunification period, the reconstruction of the Frauenkirche and the digitisation of his film collection. The talks offer insights into personal memories and the significance of his cinematic legacy.
18:30 / 20:00 / 23:00 / Guided tours of the special exhibition
The young curator team Luise Eberspächer and Nils Braune will guide you through the new special exhibition and explain why the topic of historical film is still relevant today. (1ST FLOOR)
21:30 / The Eye of Dresden - Retrospective Ernst Hirsch
The focus is on historical film footage of Dresden before 1945 from the Ernst Hirsch collection. The filmmaker's own footage of the reconstruction of the Zwinger, the Hofkirche and today's Wilsdruffer Straße from the 1950s and 60s as well as the Frauenkirche from the 1990s complete the programme.
Live commentary by curators André Hennig and Lukas Schneider, musical accompaniment by Johannes Gerstengarbe (guitar).
A cooperation with the SAVE state programme of the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library and the Saxony Film Association (Museum Cinema, 2nd floor)
