Screening of Pawel Pawlikowski's film 'Fatherland', about a father and daughter crossing post-war Germany, with a special introduction by Dr Richard Millington.
Fatherland is showing at Storyhouse Cinema from Friday 6 November to Thursday 12 November, a run of seven screenings over a week. It's the latest from Pawel Pawlikowski, who directed Ida and Cold War, and it stars Hanns Zischler as Thomas Mann and Sandra Hüller as his daughter Erika.
The story is set in the summer of 1949, right at the height of the Cold War. It follows a father and daughter on a challenging road trip across a ruined Germany, from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar, as Thomas Mann returns home after sixteen years of exile in the United States. It picks up where Pawlikowski left off with Ida and Cold War, and it's told in his elliptic, distilled style, working through themes of identity, family, love and guilt amid the turmoil of post-war Europe. It runs about 82 minutes, is rated 12A, and plays in German, English, French and Russian with English subtitles.
There's one screening that comes with something extra: on Monday 9 November at 6pm, Dr Richard Millington, a Senior Lecturer in German at the University of Chester, will give a special introduction before the film starts. If you're interested in the historical context, that's the one to pick.
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As for the rest of the run, there are plenty of slots to choose from: Friday 6 November at 6pm, Saturday 7 November at 3pm, Sunday 8 November at 8pm, Monday 9 November at 11am and 6pm, Tuesday 10 November at 5pm, Wednesday 11 November at 1:30pm, and Thursday 12 November at 6pm. Tickets are £8.90 for members and £9.90 for non-members, with under-16s at £6.75 for members and £7.50 for non-members, and £5 for those with a Young Storyhouse Card.
