The Italian cinema tradition has always spoken for itself throughout history. Keeping this tradition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has recently launched the initiative of promoting Italian culture - helped by Embassies and Italian Institutes of Culture- dedicate to media, namely cinema.

This first edition will be dedicated to the director, actor, and playwright Pietro Germi (1914-1974) and his repertory. Having his heyday between the 40s and the 70s, he has become one of most important representatives of the Italian comedy.

Thanks to the cooperation with Arsenal, in the Institut für Film und Videokunst, eleven of his masterpieces are going to be broadcasted in Berlin during the aforementioned week. The launching day will be introduced by the director, critic and journalist Mario Sesti, while the following day a conference will be held focused on Pietro Germi’s movies.

The comprehensive program will include movies coming from different times, covering an important part of the Italian history. Each day, starting from May 18th to 30th, a movie will be shown based on the following schedule:

• May 18th, 8 pm, LAUNCH
  Divorzio all’italiana Scheidung auf Italienisch | I 1961 | with Marcello Mastroianni, Stefania Sandrelli, Daniela Rocca | 35 mm | OmE | 118 min 
  Introduction: Mario Sesti (English language) 
• May 19th, 7 pm, CONFERENCE
  Pietro Germi’s cinema
  Conference held by Mario Sesti (English language) 
  Free entrance
• May 19th, 8 pm
  Un maledetto imbroglio Unter glatter Haut | I 1959 | with Pietro Germi, Claudia Cardinale, Saro Urzì | 35 mm | OmE | 106 min | Whd. 26.5. 
• May 20th, 6 pm
  Il ferroviere Das rote Signal | I 1956 | with Pietro Germi, Sylva Koscina, Saro Urzì | 35 mm | OmE | 118 min | Whd. 26.5. | 
• May 20th, 8.15 pm
  Sedotta e abbandonata Verführung auf Italienisch | I/F 1964 | with Stefania Sandrelli, Saro Urzì | 35 mm | OmE | 123 min | Whd. 29.5. 
• May 21st, 7.30 pm
  Alfredo, Alfredo | I/F 1972 | with Dustin Hoffman, Stefania Sandrelli, Saro Urzì | 35 mm | OmE | 107 min | Whd.  31.5. 
• May 22nd, 7.30 pm
  Il cammino della speranza Weg der Hoffnung | I 1950 | with Raf Vallone, Elena Varzi, Saro Urzì, Franco Navarra | 35 mm | OmE | 107 min 
  Introduction: Winfried Günther 
• May 23rd, 7.30 pm
  Signore e signori | I/F 1966 | with Virna Lisi, Gastone Moschin, Franco Fabrizi | 35 mm | OmE | 118 min | Whd. 27.5.  
  Introduction: Gerhard Midding 
• May 24th, 7.30 pm
  L’immorale Unmoralisch lebt man besser | I/F 1967 | with Ugo Tognazzi, Stefania Sandrelli | 35 mm | OmE | 100 min Copy from CSC Cineteca Nazionale 
• May 25th, 7 pm
  Gioventù perduta Verlorene Jugend | I 1948 | with Carla Del Poggio, Massimo Girotti, Jacques Sernas | 35 mm | OmE | 86 min Copy from della CSC Cineteca Nazionale 
• May 25th, 9 pm
  La città si difende Jagd ohne Gnade | I 1951 | with Gina Lollobrigida, Renato Baldini, Cosetta Greco | 35 mm | OmE | 81 min 
• May 26th, 7 pm
  Il ferroviere Das rote Signal | I 1956 | with Pietro Germi, Sylva Koscina, Luisa Della Noce, Saro Urzì | 35 mm | OmE | 118 min 
• May 26th, 9.15 pm
  Un maledetto imbroglio Unter glatter Haut | I 1959 with Pietro Germi, Claudia Cardinale, Saro Urzì | 35 mm | OmE | 106 min  
• May 27th, 7.30 pm
  Signore e signori | I/F 1966 | with Virna Lisi, Gastone Moschin, Franco Fabrizi | 35 mm | OmE | 118 min 
• 29th May, 8 pm
  Sedotta e abbandonata Verführung auf Italienisch | I/F 1964 | with Stefania Sandrelli, Saro Urzì | 35 mm | OmE | 123 min 
• May 30th, 7.30 pm
  In nome della legge Im Namen des Gesetzes | I 1949 | with Massimo Girotti, Jone Salinas, Charles Vanel, Saro Urzì | 35 mm | OmE | 100 min 
  Introduction: Fabian Tietke
• May 31st, 8 pm
  Alfredo, Alfredo | I/F 1972 | with Dustin Hoffman, Stefania Sandrelli, Saro Urzì | 35 mm | OmE | 107 min

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