GOETHEFEST 2025 • Sunday, December 7th

19:00 Zwei zu eins / Two to One
Germany, 2024, 116’
Director: Natja Brunckhorst
Cast: Sandra Hüller, Max Riemelt, Ronald Zehrfeld…

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, a communist family discovers a bunker full of money soon to be worthless. With the help of their neighbors, they embark on a race against time to enter the capitalist world in style.

Festivals: Filmfest München, Chicago International Film Festival…

21:00 Sehnsucht in Sangerhausen / PHANTOMS OF JULY
Germany, 2025, 90’
Director: Julian Radlmaier
Cast: Clara Schwinning, Maral Keshavarz, Henriette Confurius, Paula Schindler, Ghazal Shojaei, Kyung-Taek Lie, Buksori Lie…

Ursula and Neda, an East German waitress with a broken heart and an Iranian YouTuber with a broken arm, both feel trapped and alone in their precarious lives. One summer evening, Ursula falls in love with a mysterious musician from the city, while Neda is convinced that she has recognized an old friend from Tehran in the equally enigmatic street cleaner. The winding paths of chance bring two women together on an unexpected ghost hunt in the mountains. A romantic adventure film about an unexpected friendship and longing for another life.

Festivals: Locarno Film Festival, Sarajevo Film Festival, Busan Internation Film Festival, Valladolid International Film Festival…