Mädchen in Uniform

  • May 18, 2024 / 15:00
  • May 29, 2024 / 19:00

Director: Leontine Sagan
Cast: Dorothea Wieck, Hertha Thiele, Emilia Unda, Hedy Krilla
Germany, 1931, 85', DCP, b&w
German, French, English with Turkish subtitles

14-year-old Manuela, after her mother's death, is sent to an aristocratic boarding school that only accepts female students. The school is governed by a headmistress obsessed with discipline and order. In this harsh environment, Manuela becomes increasingly withdrawn; she cannot actively participate in classes, receives poor grades, and isolates herself from the other students. The only person she can connect with is the young teacher Elizabeth von Bernburg, who approaches the students with love and understanding. Manuela's interest in Miss von Bernburg gradually turns into an impossible love, causing chaos in the school. 

Set in an atmosphere where the footsteps of the Nazi regime are heard, this radical film, which features only women in the roles of screenwriter, director, and cast, is considered one of the first examples of explicit queer storytelling in cinema. In the Criterion Collection edition of 2021, author Amanda Lee Koe described it as follows: "This film belongs to women who are trying to find themselves—and each other—in spite of repressive structures."

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Mädchen in Uniform

Mädchen in Uniform

Brand in der Oper

Brand in der Oper

Weak Spot

Weak Spot

Good News from the Skies

Good News from the Skies

Inspired by the exhibition And Now the Good News, which focusing on the relationship between mass media and art, we prepared horoscope readings based on the chapters of the exhibition. Using the popular astrological language inspired by the effects of the movements of celestial bodies on people, these readings with references to the works in the exhibition make fictional future predictions inspired by the horoscope columns that we read in the newspapers with the desire to receive good news about our day. 

Il Cavallo di Leonardo

Il Cavallo di Leonardo

In 1493, exactly 500 years ago, Leonardo da Vinci was finishing the preparations for casting the equestrian monument (4 times life size), which Ludovico il Moro, Duke of Milan commissioned in memory of his father some 12 years earlier. 

Giorgio de Chirico

Giorgio de Chirico

Giorgio de Chirico was born on July 10, 1888, in Volos, Greece, to an Italian family. His mother, Gemma Cervetto, was from a family of Genoa origin, but most likely she was born in Izmir. His father, Evaristo, was born on June 21, 1841 in the Büyükdere district of Istanbul.