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German Movie Nights: Red Stars Upon the Field
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- Location
- Goethe-Institut New York
- Price
- Free
See Laura Laabs’s German historical mystery, followed by an in-person filmmaker Q&A. A skeleton discovered near an eastern German village opens a century of competing memories.
Plan your visit
- Ends
- Format
- In person
- Location
- Goethe-Institut New York, 30 Irving Place, New York, NY 10003, Greenwich Village / Union Square, Manhattan
- Organizer
- German Film Office / Goethe-Institut New York
About this event
Goethe-Institut New York screens Laura Laabs’s Red Stars Upon the Field, followed by an in-person Q&A with the filmmaker. In this historical mystery, activist Tine returns from Berlin to her hometown, where a skeleton found in a swamp draws her into conflicting versions of the past. The film moves through a century of German history, tracing the stories, politics and secrets that shape village life.
German, Austrian or Swiss connection
Laura Laabs was born in East Berlin in 1985 and studied directing at Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf. Her work engages with German history and culture, including East German experiences. The evening combines a German-born filmmaker appearing in person with a film directly concerned with Germany’s past and present.
Admission: Free, with registration required. The film is in German with English subtitles and runs 133 minutes. The advertised 7–10 p.m. window includes the screening and discussion; it is not a three-hour standalone talk.
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- America/New_York
Why it belongs on GermanEvents
Germany: filmmaker Laura Laabs was born in East Berlin and trained in Babelsberg; this German-language film explores twentieth-century German history.