Past

The Legend of Paul and Paula

Heiner Carow, 1972

Born in '45

Jurgen Bottcher, 1966/90

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Explore stories of love, marriage, and divorce set behind the Berlin Wall in tonight's double feature.

Second feature start time: 8:55 PM. Still a cult favorite (and set to the sounds of East German cult rock band The Puhdys), The Legend of Paul and Paula tells the endearing story of the passionate affair between a single mother and a married bureaucrat. (106 mins., 35mm)

The only feature film by painter Jurgen Bottcher, Born in '45 is the closest East German cinema ever came to early Godard. Immediately banned, it tells of newlyweds who impulsively divorce. (94 mins., 35mm)

Rebels with a Cause: The Cinema of East Germany is based on a series presented by The Museum of Modern Art and the Goethe-Institut New York, in collaboration with the DEFA Film Library at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Images courtesy PROGRESS Film-Verleih GmbH and DEFA Film Library archive

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The Legend of Paul and Paula