Wende Flicks

This week the WENDE FLICKS Series presents a German film classic not to be missed. The Tango Player is a feature film based on the East German novel of the same name. A story about a politically repressed piano player, the film offers an intriguing and bitter critique of Soviet politics in the former Eastern Bloc. Join us as usual at 7pm on Sunday, February 28, at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

As always, the screening and performance are open to the public and are completely FREE. The film is in German with English subtitles.

About the film: The Tango Player (Der Tangospieler)
Dr. Dallow has been released after 21 months in prison for playing piano in a “subversive” cabaret program. The Stasi wants him to become an informant, but he refuses and lives in increasing isolation. In August 1968, Soviet troops march into Czechoslovakia. Dallow stops resisting and accepts the university position he is offered. The Tango Player is based on the novel by (East) German author Christoph Hein, which broached two taboo topics for the first time: the Stasi and the Soviet repression of the Prague Spring in 1968. • 1991 German Film Award in Gold • Golden Rosa Camuna, 1991 Bergamo Film Festival • Nominated for the Golden Bear, 1991 Berlin Film Festival

The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with special guests and experts in the fields of German culture and film and media studies.

Nicholas Emmanuel Sveholm from the Department of History at Indiana University will be joined by:

Prof. N. Ann Rider from the Departments of German and Women’s Studies at Indiana State University
and Prof. Stephanie DeBoer from the Department of Communication and Culture at Indiana University.

We look forward to another exciting evening of cinema, history, and ideas!

Germany, 1991, 96 min. Director: Roland Gräf Cast: Michael Gwisdek, Corinna Harfouch, Hermann Beyer, Peter Sodann, Jaecki Schwarz Cinematography: Peter Ziesche

Also, please join us beforehand (starting at 5pm) at FARM Restaurant for their special discounted German menu.

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