In the museum cinema, the projection room still rattles and nothing works without a projectionist. Original ERNEMANN VII B cinema projectors from the museum's own collection are regularly put into operation and take you back to the world of film. 35mm and 16mm film technology can be experienced here.
Silent film evenings with piano accompaniment are a speciality. Film series, specials, talks with filmmakers and a daily cinema programme make the small cinema a meeting place for cineastes
In 2018, the ERNEMANN VII B museum cinema received one of the DEFA Foundation's three programme awards.
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Fantastic worlds – Jan Walter Habarta
Short film programme
Director: Jan Walter Habarta, BRD 1972 to D 1997, ca. 90 min
To accompany the current special exhibition, the DIAF is showing a selection of productions by the Landshut-based animator Jan Walter Habarta (1927-1998). Born in Silesia, he created surreal short films for adults and numerous episodes of the ZDF series Rappelkiste for children.
- Moderation: Max Tewes, exhibition curator, Landshut
- Admission € 7
- Book online or at the visitor service of the museums of the city of Dresden on +49 351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri)
MY BOY
Silent film with live music
Directed by Albert Austin & Victor Heerman, USA 1921, music (première): Matthias Hirth (piano & electronics); Beate Hoffmann (cello)
With "MY BOY" , Jackie Coogan, the first great child star in film history, appears in one of his earliest roles. Discovered by Charlie Chaplin and made world-famous in the same year by "The Kid", Coogan plays a young orphan boy who loses his mother on the crossing to the "New World". He finds support from an old sailor - a fragile surrogate family emerges, characterised by care, fear of loss and quiet affection. The tragicomedy tells its story with great restraint: clear visual compositions, precise gestures and sensitive acting replace any melodramatic pathos. It is precisely this simplicity that gives the film its lasting emotional intensity.
- Admission €10, reduced €9
- Booking online or at the visitor service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on +49 351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri)
Pandora's box
Silent film in the cinema in the can
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Germany 1929, Music: Richard Siedhoff (Piano), Mykita Sierov (Oboe)
A cooperation with Kino im Kasten
G.W. Pabst's silent film "Pandora's Box" is considered a milestone in Weimar cinema and revolutionised the image of women at the time. At the centre of the film is Louise Brooks as Lulu, a seductive and amoral femme fatale who breaks all social norms with her free and unrestrained nature. Lulu epitomises the "new woman" - independent, self-confident and dangerous at the same time. She casts a spell over men and women alike, while a spiral of desire and destruction spirals around her. Pabst's film impresses with its psychological depth, modern visual design and radical openness to moral ambivalence.
- Kino im Kasten
August-Bebel-Straße 20
01219 Dresden
The Black Pirate
Silent film with narrator
Director: Albert Parker, USA 1926
Silent film narrator: Ralph Turnheim
In this adventure film, Douglas Fairbanks plays a charismatic hero caught between revenge and honour. He disguises himself as a pirate among outlaws to avenge the death of his father. "The Black Pirate" thrills with fast-paced action, spectacular stunts and a two-colour technicolour look that was unusual for the time and opened up completely new visual dimensions for the black-and-white genre. Alongside the adventure story, a classic drama about loyalty, betrayal and justice unfolds. Screen lyricist Ralph Turnheim comments live on the action and combines humour, suspense and linguistic virtuosity to create a very unique form of silent film performance.
- Admission €10, reduced €9
- Book online or at the visitor service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on +49 351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri)
Woman in the moon
Silent film at the Kulturpalast
Director: Fritz Lang, Germany 1929, Music: Cameron Carpenter (organ)
A co-operation with the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
A journey to the moon - as early as 1929, Fritz Lang dared to take a visionary look into the future with "Woman in the Moon". The silent film, based on a screenplay by Thea von Harbou, is considered one of the first serious science fiction films. With scientific precision and fantastic elements, it tells the story of an ambitious lunar expedition that is overshadowed by greed and betrayal.
Lang's innovative spirit is evident not only in the impressive special effects and the introduction of the now iconic countdown before the rocket launch, but also in his precise depiction of space technology - groundbreaking and astonishingly forward-looking at the time.
- Kulturpalast
Schloßstraße 2 (Altmarkt entrance)
01067 Dresden - Booking on www.dresdnerphilharmonie.de
Blind Date
Surprise film with improvised live soundtrack
Music: Andreas "Scotty" Böttcher (piano)
Surprise film with improvised live soundtrack
Which film will be shown on this evening remains a secret until shortly before the start. The only thing that is certain is that a work with a strong dramatic core will take centre stage. Jazz pianist Andreas "Scotty" Böttcher will set the film to music spontaneously and improvisationally, reacting directly to the plot, moods and visual rhythms. This creates a unique dialogue between screen and music that makes every performance unrepeatable. An evening full of risk, intuition and intense emotions - for audience and musicians alike.
- Admission €10, reduced €9
- Book online or at the visitor service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on +49 351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri)
The last man
Silent film in the Kulturkirche Dresden Trachenberge
Director: F. W. Murnau, Germany 1924
Music: Matthias Hirth (live soundtrack)
A co-operation with the Kulturkirche Weinberg Dresden Trachenberge e. V.
F. W. Murnau's masterpiece "The Last Man" tells the story of the social decline of a proud hotel porter who is robbed of his social identity by the loss of his position and breaks down as a result. This process is conveyed through a radically subjective visual language that makes the main character's inner perspective directly tangible. The so-called "unleashed camera" is a central innovation: It detaches itself from the rigid tripod, moves freely through hotel corridors, stairwells and rooms and follows the figure in a dynamic way, translating the porter's inner state into movement, perspective and rhythm.
- Weinbergskirche
Albert-Hensel-Straße 3
01129 Dresden - Admission €15, reduced €12 (box office)
Animated film theme day
On the 100th anniversary of the world premiere of "The Adventures of Prince Achmed" by Lotte Reiniger
The silhouette virtuoso Lotte Reiniger (1899 - 1981) was one of the first women to make animated films. "The Adventures of Prince Achmed" with motifs from the tales of the Arabian Nights was not only the first fully animated feature film, but also an artistic and technical milestone and still enchants audiences today.
Theme day with animated film workshop, film talk & family concert (from 8 years)
- 10:00 - 13:00 / Animated film workshop
- 15:00 / Film talk on "The Adventures of Prince Achmed" and the work of Lotte Reiniger
- 16:00 / The Adventures of Prince Achmed
All offers are included in the museum admission. Please register at the ticket office on the day of the event if you would like to take part.
Jewish life in German film after 1945 – a critical overview
Small film academy in the Ernemann VII B museum cinema
The Filmakademie examines representations of Jewish life in German film after 1945. In the introductory lecture, the political and ideological contexts in which the selected films were made and the respective historical narratives will be explained, namely for the immediate post-war period (1945-49), for the GDR, the FRG and for the period after reunification.
The focus is less on a uniform "Jewish identity" than on historically changing attributions and visibilities that have emerged in each case in the field of tension between the politics of remembrance, defence against guilt, state ideology and social self-assurance. The selected and presented films show Jewish figures not only as individuals, but also as projection surfaces of the respective social confrontation with National Socialism, persecution and post-history.
- Lecture with numerous film examples by Dr Karsten Fritz and Markus Jüngling
- Admission € 3
- Booking online or at the visitor service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on +49 351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri)
Marriage in the shadows
Museum cinema Ernemann VII B
Director: Kurt Maetzig, Germany 1946, 104', Actors: Paul Klinger, Ilse Steppat a.o.
The famous actor Hans Wieland marries the Jewish Elisabeth Maurer. After the Nazis come to power, their marriage increasingly becomes the target of marginalisation and agitation. Maetzig's first feature film, a milestone in German post-war cinema, tells a moving story of impossible love under National Socialism, professional opportunism and the moral failure of a society that turns away. An appeal for humanity.
- Admission € 7
- Booking online or at the visitor service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on +49 351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri)
The call
Museum cinema Ernemann VII B
Director: Josef von Baky, FRG, 1949, 104', Actors: Fritz Kortner, Rosemarie Murphy and others.
The emigrated Jewish philosopher Professor Mauthner is offered a post at a German university and returns full of ideals. But he encounters rejection, mistrust and covert anti-Semitism. The film, with Fritz Kortner in the leading role, is a key work of the post-war period. It dissects the divided attitude of the Germans and the immense gulf between those who stayed and those who had to leave.
- Admission € 7
- Book online or at the visitor service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on +49 351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri)
Stars
Club cinema in the Lingnerschloss
Director: Konrad Wolf, GDR, 1959, 92', Actors: Sascha Kruscharska, Jürgen Frohriep, Erich S. Klein a.o.
Bulgaria 1943: German Wehrmacht soldier Walter falls in love with the Jewish woman Ruth, who is waiting with other fellow sufferers to be transported to a camp. Wolf's poetic and deeply humanistic film, a German-Bulgarian co-production, tells of the impossibility of love and individual humanity in the face of the bureaucratic cruelty of the Holocaust. An early plea for compassion and civil courage.
- Club cinema in the Lingnerschloss
Bautzner Str. 132
01099 Dresden - Admission € 7
- Reservation at clubkino@lingnerschloss.eu
David
Museum cinema Ernemann VII B
Director: Peter Lilienthal, FRG, 1979, 127', Actors: Mario Fischel, Valter Taub, Eva Mattes a.o.
Berlin 1943: Jewish boy David Singer survives persecution, hidden by non-Jewish Germans. Lilienthal's film, which won the Golden Bear, is told sensitively and consistently from the child's perspective. He does not show the great horrors, but the everyday life of terror, the constant fear, the mistrust and the gruelling wait for rescue. A quiet and intense portrait of survival.
- Admission € 7
- Book online or at the visitor service of the museums of the city of Dresden on +49 351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri)
Levin's mill
Club cinema in the Lingnerschloss
Director: Horst Seemann, GDR, 1980, 118', Actors: Christian Grashof, Erwin Geschonneck, Kurt Böwe and others.
East Prussia, 1874: Jewish mill owner Levin defends himself against his deceitful German competitor, who is trying to drive him out by any means necessary. Based on the novella by Johannes Bobrowski, Horst Seemann's DEFA film creates a multi-layered portrait of morality. It not only tells a gripping story of greed and justice, but also dissects the everyday anti-Semitism of the village community and poses the question of moral courage and justice.
- Clubkino im Lingnerschloss
Bautzner Str. 132
01099 Dresden - Admission € 7
- Reservation at clubkino@lingnerschloss.eu
Mr Zwilling and Mrs Zuckermann
Museum cinema Ernemann VII B
Documentary film, Director: Volker Koepp, DE, 1999, 132', Actors: Rosa Roth-Zuckermann, Mathias Zwilling and others.
Mr Zwilling visits 90-year-old Mrs Zuckermann every day. They talk about what they have experienced together, about politics and literature. Both come from Chernivtsi, once the centre of Jewish culture in western Ukraine - until 1941. This is linked to episodes of Jewish experiences in Chernivtsi in the late 1990s, after the end of the Soviet Union.
- Admission € 7
- Booking online or at the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on +49 351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri)
Everything on sugar!
Club cinema in the Lingnerschloss
2004, Dani Levy, DE, 2004, 95', Actors: Henry Hübchen, Hannelore Elsner, Rolf Hoppe and others.
The secular sports reporter Jaeckie Zucker, alias "Zucki", urgently needs his deceased mother's inheritance. But the will stipulates that he must first reconcile with his orthodox brother. Ley's turbulent comedy confronts two completely different Jewish worlds in modern Germany and celebrates the reconciliation of tradition and the present with humour and warmth, without ignoring the wounds of the past.
- Clubkino im Lingnerschloss
Bautzner Str. 132
01099 Dresden - Admission € 7
- Reservation at clubkino@lingnerschloss.eu