Association for German Education in Calgary (AGEC) is proud to present a special movie event in celebration of this fall's 25th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall:

The Rabbit Is Me (Das Kaninchen bin ich)

Wednesday, October 1, 2014 @ 7:00 PM (Mittwoch 1. Oktober 2014 19 Uhr)
Cardel Theatre - 180 Quarry Park Boulevard SE, Calgary
$2 Admission + Food Bank Donation

German with English subtitles, rated PG13, 1965
Deutsch mit englischen Untertiteln, FSK 12, 1965

Maria is a young women from East Berlin, having an affair with a judge who once sentenced her brother for sedition. A sardonic portrayal of the German Democratic Republic's judicial system and its social implications. The film was banned by officials and henceforth lent its name to all banned films in the GDR, now known as the "Rabbit Films". Finally shown in Calgary to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.

25 Jahre nach dem Fall der Mauer kommt nun ein Film auf die Leinwand, der vom DDR-Regime verboten wurde: Nach dem Bau der Mauer 1961 verliebt sich die junge Ost-Berlinerin Maria Morzeck in den wesentlich älteren Richter Paul Deister. Maria durfte nicht studieren, weil ihr Bruder Dieter wegen "staatsgefährdender Hetze" verurteilt wurde. Maria findet heraus, dass Deister der Richter war …

The Rabbit Is Me was intended to encourage discussion of the democratization of East German society. A sardonic portrayal of the GDR's judicial system, the film was condemned as an anti-socialist, pessimistic and revisionist attack on the state. After its release in 1990, The Rabbit Is Me earned critical praise as one of the most important and courageous works ever made in East Germany. 

Admission $2 and a non-perishable donation for the Foodbank.
Unkostenbeitrag $2 und eine Spende für die Food Bank.

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