Heimsuchung – A Century’s Story. Based on the bestseller by Jenny Erpenbeck
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Exclusive school premiere followed by a Q&A session for pupils on the film adaptation of the novel HEIMSUCHUNG – A CENTURY’S STORY. Directed by the legendary and Oscar®-winning Volker Schlöndorff, the film spans the entire 20th century and centres on a house by Lake Scharmützel, where 15 life stories converge to form a ‘magnifying glass on German history’, through which displacement, loss, home and memory are played out in the lives of specific characters. The novel on which it is based is already regarded as a literary classic and is required reading nationwide for the German A-level exams; author Jenny Erpenbeck became the first German ever to win the International Booker Prize in 2024.
Year group: Recommended for year groups: 11–13
Subjects: German, History, Social Studies, Political Studies, Life Skills / Ethics
Topics: Best-selling novel, film adaptation, 20th-century German history, National Socialism, the GDR, the post-reunification era, the Weimar Republic, displacement, expulsion, culture of remembrance
Film trailer: HEIMSUCHUNG – EINE JAHRHUNDERTGESCHICHTE
Educational support materials: available from mid-September via www.heimsuchung-derfilm-de
Based on the book: The novel "Heimsuchung“ by Jenny Erpenbeck, published as a paperback by Penguin Verlag / The school edition of "Heimsuchung" by Jenny Erpenbeck, published by Reclam Verlag
PROGRAMME
Film screening
HEIMSUCHUNG – A CENTURY’S STORY
Followed by a Q&A with author Jenny Erpenbeck and director Volker Schlöndorff
Moderator: Dr Silke Krohn, Head of Education & Outreach, Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation, Berlin
FURTHER INFORMATION
Doors open: 9.30 am
Language: German
Venue: Cinema at the Kulturbrauerei
ADMISSION: 6 euros per pupil
Tickets: Please register in advance for the school screening. Registrations will be accepted whilst seats are still available. Please ensure you also state the number of pupils and accompanying adults. Bookings via Gesine Mannheimer, gm@jetztundmorgen.de, +49 30 809 324 588.
On the day of the school screening, please bring an envelope containing the money for the whole class to the cinema and pay directly at the box office.
