The film ‘Sky without Stars’ will be introduced to Vietnamese audiences.

Nhan Dan Online- Seven typical German films which were produced in between 1940-1950 will be on screen in Hanoi from January 25 to 31 to mark the 60 years of German cinema.

This is part of the programme titled ‘German Year in Vietnam’, which will introduce every two months a series of German films made in the 1940-1950, including the most typical works that reflect German life and lifestyles. According to the organisers, which are the Goethe Institute in Vietnam, these works were both shocking and inspiring for viewers at their time, and play a path finding role for both East and West German cinema industries

Seven films on screen include: Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (1947); The Lost One (1951); Women’s Destiny (1952); Sky without Stars (1955); The Hooligans (1956); Berlin, Schönhauser Street (1957); and Different from Me and You (1957.

The film ‘Women’s Destiny’, directed by Slatan Dudow hit the box offices of cinemas in Germany at its time. The film tells about four women who are up to a new beginning, looking for their happiness in post-war Berlin. One after another, they meet Conny, a handsome lady-killer who always seeks new love affairs. The young student Barbara is head over heel in love with Conny, while Anni gets pregnant with him, and Renate becomes a thief out of her mad love towards him. Conny, however, chooses to couple with aristocrat Isa von Trauwald and enjoys the luxurious life of high society, which makes the situation even more thrilling.

‘Sky without Stars’, by director Helmut Käutner has received many German and international cinema awards. The film features Germany of 1952 prior to the Berlin war. Anna lives in the Eastern part, while her son lives with his grandparents in the West. She regularly secretly crosses the border to visit him, and during her trips, she gets to know a border guard. They then fall in deep love. However, the only chance for them to see each other is at the abandoned train station. The story developed into a tragedy, like a denouncement of the unnatural border line that tears Germany apart.

All the films will be on screen with free-of-charge  at the Goethe Institute, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc street, Hanoi.

By Dieu Thuy