Event Calendar

NEW! KINOABEND
Every second Wednesday of the month lights up for KINOABEND / MOVIE NIGHT at 7pm at Goethe-Zentrum.
Every second Wednesday of the month a quality German movie with English Subtitles.
Every second Wednesday of the month movie happiness with popcorn and mingle.
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Enjoy KINOABEND movies under the headline "Der Traum vom schnellen Geld" / "The dream of fast money".

August: "Rheingold" by Fatih Akin
September: "Lola rennt" by Tom Tykwer
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TICKETS:
Goethe-Members: $5
Everyone else: $10

A small but fine selection of concessions is available for purchase.

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"RHEINGOLD" -
A refugee boy from the ghetto has a dream: to set up a rap label.
To make his dream come true, he and a friend rob a gold transporter.

Xatar’s path from the ghetto to the top of the music charts is a dramatic adventure story. From the hell of an Iraqi prison, Giwar Hajabi came to Germany as a young boy with his family in the mid-1980s and landed at the very bottom. There were opportunities, but many more stumbling blocks. In no time, he went from a petty criminal to a big-time dealer.
Until a shipment goes missing. To settle his debts with the cartel, Giwar plans a legendary gold heist.

DIRECTOR
Fatih Akin is an internationally successful filmmaker.
With his film HEAD ON he won the Golden Bear in 2004. Before that, he had completed his film studies, two short films, a documentary about the migration of his parents from Turkey to Hamburg and three feature films. His next big international success was the drama THE EDGE OF HEAVEN (2007), which received the BEST SCRIPT award at the internationally renowned Cannes Film Festival, followed by the European Film Prize and the German Film Prize. His subsequent film SOUL KITCHEN (2009) won the SPECIAL AWARD OF THE JURY in competition at the Venice Film Festival. With his production companies corazón international and bombero international, which exclusively produces his own films, Akin has been celebrated at the International Film Festival in Venice. His films have received numerous awards in Cannes and the Golden Globe (for best foreign language film). It was also selected as the German contribution for the Oscar 2018 and was nominated for the German Film Award in five categories, ultimately receiving awards in two categories.

TRAILER
linked below

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The legend of the "Rheingold" has inspired artists through centuries.

Find out about the legend of the Rheingold in "The Ring of the Nibelungen" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Ring_des_Nibelungen

... and the series of operas "The Ring Cycle" by Richard Wagner
https://welcometotheopera.com/the-epic-saga-of-wagners-ring-cycle-deciphering-the-mythological-tapestry-of-opera/

... and performances of these epic operas by the Atlanta Opera
https://www.atlantaopera.org/production/siegfried/ !!

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How do Wagner and Das Rheingold fit in?
This movie is about modern German mythology, as Giwar’s spectacular gold heist has entered the canon of German popular culture. The heroes of modern German mythology are no longer named Siegfried and Kriemhild. Now they’re named Xatar and Shirin and Asamoah and Özlem.