Rosen für Bettina
On the initiative of the magazine Panorama-cinéma and in partnership with the Goethe-Institut, we present a substantial cycle of around twenty screenings dedicated to the filmmaker Georg Wilhelm Pabst. In addition to his legendary silent films (Loulou, La rue sans joie) and some new restorations, we have also unearthed several rarely shown films from our collections which testify to the richness of an all-out filmography, accompanying the tribulations of his time, for better or for worse. This major cycle is accompanied by a book co-published with Panorama-cinema, with the support of the Goethe-Institut.
The choreographer Kostja Tomkoff writes a ballet for the famous dancer Bettina Sanden, with whom he is in love. When she turns out to be stricken with polio, she is replaced by Irene Gerwig. Bettina wonders if she will ever be able to dance again and find love.
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Georg Wilhelm Pabst (1885 - 1967) was an Austrian director, screenwriter and producer. He started out as an actor and theater director, before becoming one of the most influential German-language filmmakers in the Weimar Republic.