Wednesday | November 29, 2006 6:30 pm

Marianne and Julianne
(Die bleierne Zeit)

Directed by Margarethe von Trotta.
With Jutta Lampe, Barbara Sukowa, Rüdiger Vogler.
West Germany, 1981, 35mm, color, 106 min.
German with English subtitles.

Margarethe von Trotta's masterpiece zeroes in on the psychological relationship of two sisters, one the editor of a progressive feminist journal (Lampe), the other a committed revolutionary who has been jailed by the police (Sukowa). The Baader-Meinhof era comes to life in this extraordinary melding of the personal and political, where the tension between stands that are either too safe or too shrill comes into sharp relief.

September 27 – December 13, 2006

The New German Cinema and Beyond

April 11–15, 2003

The RAF’s Germany: Terrorism, Politics, Protest

February 22–April 5

Harvard Undergraduate Cinematheque

March 7–April 12

Albert Serra, or Cinematic Time Regained

April 4–May 5

Wang Bing’s Youth Trilogy

April 7

The Shochiku Centennial Collection

April 11–May 9

Planet at 50

April 13

The Yugoslav Junction Continues!

April 14

Theo Anthony, Subject to Review

April 17

The Ideal Cinematheque of the Outskirts of the World

April 18–May 18

From the collection – Satyajit Ray