Two Among Millions

  • June 1, 2019 / 16:00
  • June 18, 2019 / 19:00

Director: Victor Vicas
Cast: Hardy Krüger, Loni von Friedl, Joseph Offenbach, Ilse Fürstenberg
West Germany, 1961, 98', DCP, siyah-beyaz / b&w
German with Turkish subtitles 

Two Among Millions focuses on the love story of a young couple from East Berlin who plan on purchasing a bar in West Berlin and continuing their lives over there. Shot just a couple of months before the Berlin Wall was erected, the film strives to capture Berlin’s unique urban atmosphere with its realistic rendering and to connect this to the challenges that the main protagonists face in their private and professional lives.

Slums of Berlin

Slums of Berlin

M

M

Somewhere in Berlin

Somewhere in Berlin

Two Among Millions

Two Among Millions

Born in '45

Born in '45

Apprehension

Apprehension

Ostkreuz

Ostkreuz

Paths in the Night

Paths in the Night

Berlin is in Germany

Berlin is in Germany

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.

The Ottoman Way of Serving Coffee

The Ottoman Way of Serving Coffee

Coffee was served with much splendor at the harems of the Ottoman palace and mansions. First, sweets (usually jam) was served on silverware, followed by coffee serving. The coffee jug would be placed in a sitil (brazier), which had three chains on its sides for carrying, had cinders in the middle, and was made of tombac, silver or brass. The sitil had a satin or silk cover embroidered with silver thread, tinsel, sequin or even pearls and diamonds.

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.