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FREE SCREENING – SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11 at 10 am. Director MARIA SCHRADER in person. RSVP: SashaBerman@mac.com.
STEFAN ZWEIG: FAREWELL TO EUROPE, Austria’s Official Entry for the Best Foreign Language Film – 89th Academy Awards®, was written and directed by Maria Schrader (one of Germany’s most acclaimed actresses, best known for her award-winning lead role in “Aimee & Jaguar” and for her lead role in the Emmy-winning TV series “Deutschland 83”).
The film episodically tells the story of the Austrian Jewish writer Stefan Zweig and his life while in exile from 1936 to 1942. Best known in the U.S. for his novellas “The Royal Game” and “Letter from an Unknown Woman,” that was later adapted into a film directed by Max Ophüls, starring Joan Fontaine. His writings have also inspired Wes Anderson’s “Grand Budapest Hotel.”
Stefan Zweig (next to Thomas Mann) was the most-translated German-speaking writer of his time, but having been driven into emigration at the peak of his worldwide fame, Zweig falls into despair at the sight of Europe’s downfall, which he had anticipated early on. Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, New York, Petrópolis are four stations in Stefan Zweig’s exile, which despite offering him safe refuge and overwhelming tropical nature, won’t help him find peace and won’t be able to replace his home.
STEFAN ZWEIG: FAREWELL TO EUROPE is the story of a refugee, a tale of losing one’s home and of the search for a new one. It is a visually stunning historic picture about a great artist and, at the same time, a film about a time in which Europe was coming apart.
Special Q&A Event after the Thursday 12/15 7:30PM SINS OF OUR YOUTH screening featuring Cast & Crew including Director & Writer Gary & Edmund Entin as well as stars Mitchel Musso, Joel Courtney, Bridger Zadina & Dani Knights.
77 MINUTES filmmaker Charlie Minn will participate in Q&A’s after all screenings: 12/6 at the Playhouse, 12/7 at the NoHo and 12/8 at the Monica Film Center.
Concomitant with our December 3rd – 8th engagement of Oscar-winning director Steven Okazaki’s bio-documentary MIFUNE: THE LAST SAMURAI at the Ahrya Fine Arts, Laemmle Theatres is pleased to present four Mifune classics at the same venue. We will be screening:
SAMURAI REBELLION (1967)
Saturday, December 3 @ 8:00 PM
THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (1958)
Sunday, December 4 @ 10:00 AM
HIGH & LOW (1963)
Sunday, December 4 @ 8:30 PM
THRONE OF BLOOD (1957)
Thursday, December 8 @ 7:15 PM
MIFUNE: THE LAST SAMURAI director Steven Okazaki will participate in Q&A’s at the Fine Arts after the 8 PM screening on Friday, December 2nd (moderated by Michael Lumpkin – Director of AFI Docs Film Festival) and after the 6 PM screening on Saturday, December 3rd (moderated by Abe Ferrer – L.A. Asian-Pacific Film Festival).
FINDING BABEL director David Novack and editor Dylan Hansen-Fliedner will participate in Q&A’s at the Town Center after the 5:30 and 7:50 screenings on Friday, December 2, after the 1:00, 3:10, 5:30 and 7:50 screenings on Saturday, December 3 and after the 1 PM screening on Sunday, December 4.
CONFESSIONS OF A WOMANIZER writer-director Miguel Ali and actor Kelly Mantle will participate in Q&A’s at the NoHo after the 7:10 and 9:55 screenings on Friday and Saturday, December 9 and 10, and after the 4:30 and 7:10 screenings on Sunday, December 11.