Forthcoming Konrad Wolf retrospective at the Goethe Institut London! From 12 November 2025 through to end of January 2026, they will show 10 of Konrad Wolf's 15 films. More info on their website! www.goethe.de/ins/gb/en/ve...

Join us on 20 November at 5pm (UK) for an online event with Dr. Paul Flaig (University of St. Andrews) to celebrate the release of his new book: Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed! Sign up via this form to receive the joining details shortly before the event

📢🚨 ONLY 24 HOURS TO GO BEFORE THE DEADLINE FOR THE CFP CLOSES!!

Reminder: The deadline GSSN/DAAD-sponsored conference 'Rethinking Weimar Cinema' conference (University of Oxford, 17-19 June 2026) is only one week away – 31 October 2025. We would be grateful if you could share the call with any students or colleagues who may be interested!

Congratulations to our very own Paul Flaig on the publication of his book: Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed - out today with Bloomsbury, in the World Cinema series edited by Lúcia Nagib and Julian Ross www.bloomsbury.com/uk/weimar-sl...

Join us for a special screening at the Bell Pettigrew Museum! Dead Birds Flying High, a film by Sönje Storm (2022) October 1, 18:00 Entry free. Book here.

A new edition of WeimarCinema.org is now available! Including a new dossier on The Oyster Princess by our own @mharrabin.bsky.social and one on M by Tony Kaes! Also includes several new essays, as well as updates on recent publications and restorations!

The deadline is fast approaching for attending an upcoming GSSN-organised workshop "Teaching German through Film and Television," organised by Molly Harrabin! Please spread the word among UK-based German language secondary school teachers! germanscreenstudies.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/08/t...

Re-posting the announcement of the German Screen Studies Network's upcoming film workshop for secondary school teachers in German. Spread the word! germanscreenstudies.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/08/t...

The German Screen Studies Network is excited to announce a CFP for the conference, "Rethinking Weimar Cinema Conference" to be held at Oxford University 17-19 June 2026, co-organised by Lawrence Alexander and Molly Harrabin! germanscreenstudies.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/08/c...

Calling all German teachers: the German Screen Studies Network is running a DAAD-funded workshop in October at the University of Warwick on "Teaching German Through Film and Television: Language, Culture, and Context"! Spread the word: germanscreenstudies.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/05/w...

The GSSN was delighted to hear about the ‘In Focus: Pia Frankenberg’ retrospective of the films of Pia Frankenberg, taking place 19–23 September 2025 at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. For further details, check out their website - www.ica.art/films/in-foc...

Today we celebrate the 68th birthday of German actor and musician Ulrich Tukur , best-known for his role as the Baron in Michael Haneke's Das weisse Band! Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Herr Tukur!

On this day in 1884, Swiss-born German actor Emil Jannings was born. He is best-known for his roles in Der letzte Mann (1924) and Der blaue Engel (1930). After the Nazi seizure of power, he prolonged his career by starring in several films that promoted Nazism.

On this day in 1974, German actress Franka Potente was born! Her breakthrough came in 1998, when she starred in the acclaimed action thriller Lola rennt and has since starred in Hollywood films including appearances in the Jason Bourne films. Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Frau Potente!

On this day in 1891, Austrian-Jewish actress Ellen Richter was born! Richter founded her own production company (1920) after she grew increasingly frustrated with being type-cast into 'exotic' roles. Richter had disappeared into relative obscurity her films were shown at Pordenone & Arsenal Berlin

On this day in 1889, German film producer & executive Erich Pommel was born! As head of production at Decla-Film, Decla-Bioskop & UFA, Pommel was responsible many of the best-known Weimar films including Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920) and Metropolis (1927).

The GSSN would like to congraulate our founder, Professor Erica Carter, who has been made a Fellow of the British Academy in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences.This is wonderful news and very much deserved!

We're excited about the recent publication of Charting Asian German Film History, ed. by Qinna Shen, Zach Ramon Fitzpatrick and Qingyang Freya Zhou! You can find out more on our website, with a feature by Zach (!), and don't forget to purchase your copy today!

On this day in 1973, German actress, director & screenwriter Yasemin Șamdereli was born! Șamdereli was awarded the German Filmpreis in 2011 for her film, Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland.

On this day in 1976, German actress Diane Kruger was born! She starred as Bridget von Hammersmark in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009) and in 2017 made her German-language debut in Fatih Akin's Aus dem Nights, for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress

On this day in 1919, Ernst Lubitsch's Die Austernprinzessin was released! A grotesque comedy in four acts about an American millionaire's spoiled daughter's marriage that does not go as planned, the film stars Ossi Oswalda in the leading female role!

On this day in 1904, Hungarian-born actor Peter Lorre was born! Lorre became an international sensation in 1931 when he starred as child serial killer Hans Beckert in Fritz Lang's M!

On this day in 1941, the German director, screenwriter & producer Jutta Brückner was born! Brückner's films include Tue recht und scheue niemand – Das Leben der Gerda Siepebrink (1975) & Hungerjahre (1980). Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Frau Brückner!

Today marks the 60th birthday of German filmmaker Uwe Boll! He came to prominence during the 2000s for his adaptations of video game franchises such as Alone in the Dark. Alles Gute sum Geburtstag Herr Boll!

On this day in 1953, Ulrich Mühe was born. Many of you will remember Mühe for his role as Gerd Wiesler in Das Leben der Anderen (2006), for which he received the Deutscher Filmpreis gold award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role & the Best Actor Award at the 2006 European Film Awards.

For a shameless plug… “Deterritorializing the Stasi in Deutschland 83/86/89” is free to download in Ben Schaper @chewschaper.bsky.social, Stephan Ehrig @herrehrig.bsky.social and my @berghahnbooks.bsky.social edited volume “Entertaining German Culture: Contemporary Transnational Television and Film”

Elizabeth Ward is keen to hear from academics with an expertise in either film relations between the GDR & African countries or film relations between the GDR & Southern/East Asian countries for a potential edited volume contribution should contact Elizabeth directly. Contact details below.

On this day in 2015, Deutschland 83, which stars Jonas Nay as a 24-year-old East German native sent to the West as an undercover Stasi spy, premiered on US channel SundanceTV, becoming the first German-language series to air on a US network!

On this day in 1979, German & Spanish actor Daniel Brühl was born! Best-known for Goodbye Lenin (2003) and Die fatten Jahre sind vorbei (2004), Brühl also starred in Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds (2009). Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Herr Brühl!

On this day in 1980, German actress Sibel Kekilli was born! She gained public attention in 2004 for her role in Gegen die Wand but more widely known for her role as Shae in Game of Thrones. Alles Gute sum Geburtstag Frau Kekilli!

On this day in 1963, German presenter, filmmaker, actress & writer Mo Asumang was born! She has made several documentaries including Die Aries (2014) which was nominated for a Grimme-Preis. Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Frau Asumang!

Congratulations to Annie Ring & Lucy Bollington on the publication of Citational Media: Counter-Archives and Technology in Contemporary Visual Culture! Chapters on screen works by Farocki & Hito Steyerl may be of particular interest. Available open access: www.mhra.org.uk/pdf/vc-7-com...

Happy birthday to German film director, screenwriter and producer Volker Schlöndorff, whose films include Die Blechtrommel (1979), which celebrated its 46th anniversary earlier this month. Alles Gute sum Geburtstag Herr Schlöndorff!

Today marks Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 80th birthday - Fassbinder is widely regarded as one of the major figures and catalysts of the New German Cinema movement, with films including Angst essen Seele auf (1974) & Die Ehe der Maria Braun (1979)

We are pleased to share that this year's Raindance Film Festival features 3 German films that members of the GSSN community may be interested in! A discount code for 15% (RDFF25) is valid for one purchase per customer. Further information - germanscreenstudies.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/05/29/g...

Happy birthday to German director, producer & author Doris Dörrie, known for films such as Bin ich schön? (1988)! Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Frau Dörrie!

Correction, it is Michael Haneke of course!

On this day in 2009, Michael Hank's Das weiße Band premiered at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival!

Today we celebrate 100 years of G. W. Pabst's Die freudlose Gasse, which premiered on this day in 1925! Starring Greta Garbo and Asta Nielsen, the film has become an icon of Weimar cinema!

Happy birthday to DEFA! Founded on this day in 1946, the Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft was the state-owned film studio of the German Democratic Republic throughout the country's existence.

Wed 28 May - Wed 11 June 2025, Goethe-Institut London & Online THOMAS BRASCH: A LIFE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST www.goethe.de/ins/gb/en/ve...

On this day in 1897, Kurt Gerron was born. He had a very successful career in cabaret & film, but was forbidden to work & sent to Theresienstadt Ghetto following Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. He was forced to make a propaganda film about the ghetto & was then sent and murdered at Auschwitz.

On this day in 1931, Fritz Lang's M premiered at UFA's Palast am Zoo in Berlin. Starring Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert, the film centers on the efforts of both a city's police force and its criminal syndicates to apprehend a serial child-murderer

Those of you in and around Edinburgh next week may be interested in this exciting event on Monday. Dr Ina Linge will be presenting a talk 'Sexual Knowledge Production beyond the Human: Gender, Animality and Vitality in Mysterium des Geschlechtes (Mystery of Sex, 1933).’

On this day in 1908, German actress Hertha Thiele was born. Thiele is noted for her starring roles in then controversial stage plays and films produced during the Weimar era, such as Mädchen in Uniform (1931).

On this day in 1973, French-Iranian director Emily Atef was born in West Berlin. She studied at the Deustche Film-und-Fernsehakademie Berlin and her films include 3 Tage in Quiberon (2018) & Irgendwann werden wir uns alles erzählen (2023).

On this day, the German inventor and early filmmaker Max Skladanowsky was born! With his brother, Emil, Skladanowsky invented the Bioscop, a projector that was used to display a moving picture show to a paying audience on 1 November 1895. He is pictured below with his brother Emil.

Today we wish Sandra Hüller a happy birthday! Hüller has starred in Requiem (2006), Toni Erdmann (2016), and most recently Anatomy of a Fall (2023) & The Zone of Interest (2023), in which she plays Hedwig, wife of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss. Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Frau Hüller!

On this day in 1873, Robert Wiene was born! Best-known for directing the landmark 1920 film, Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, Wiene also directed an adaptation of Crime and Punishment in 1923. He left Germany in 1933 after the Nazi takeover of power.