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»Hildegard Knef. An Artist from Germany« Special Exhibition at the Filmmuseum Berlin 24 November 2005 to 17 April 2006 © and photo: Ulrich Mack Filmmuseum Berlin / Filmhaus at Potsdamer Platz (Sony Center) Potsdamer Straße 2, 10785 Berlin – Tiergarten 1st floor The exhibition has been financed with federal funds. The Filmmuseum Berlin is a partner of the initiative “80 Jahre Hildegard Knef”, a programme of events and publications to celebrate Hildegard Knef’s 80th birthday. www.filmmuseum-berlin.de »Hildegard Knef. An Artist from Germany« Special Exhibition at the Filmmuseum Berlin 24 November 2005 to 17 April 2006 Opening hours Tuesday – Sunday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Thursday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Closed Mondays Christmas / New Year 25, 26 Dec.: opens at 10 a.m. © and photo: Ulrich Mack 1 Jan. 06: opens at noon Hildegard Knef, Percha 1964 The museum will be open longer during the Berlinale 2006. Admission (including audio guide) Adults 3 € Reduced rates 2 € School classes p. child 2 € Combiticket (Permanent + Special Exhibition) Adults 7 € Reduced rates 5 € School classes p. child 3.50 € Tel. ++49 (0)30 / 300 903 0 [email protected] Public transportation Filmmuseum Berlin / Filmhaus Potsdamer Str. 2, 10785 Berlin U-/S-Bahn Potsdamer Platz Bus M41, 148 or 200 Varian-Fry-Straße Guided tours Offered by MD (Museumspädagogischer Dienst) every Saturday 2 p.m. (also on 31 Dec.) every Sunday 4 p.m. (also on 1 Jan.) every 1st Thursday On tour with the Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra, 1968 of the month 6 p.m. Filmmuseum Berlin Fee: 7.50 € and 6.50 € reduced Individual tours possible. Contact MD info-line : tel. +49(0)30 / 902 699 444 www.filmmuseum-berlin.de »Hildegard Knef. An Artist from Germany« Special Exhibition at the Filmmuseum Berlin 24 November 2005 to 17 April 2006 Events / Film series Preview – A documentary To accompany the Special Kino Arsenal Exhibition, the Filmmuseum will be showing 24 Nov. 2005, 5 p.m. a documentary by Felix Moeller, KNEF – DIE FRÜHEN JAHRE, D/F 2005. The film will premiere at the Kino Arsenal in cooperation with the Friends of the German Film Archive. The 60- minute documentary will conclude with a discussion with the director. This event has been made possible by RBB Television Station and N.E.F. Filmproduktion und Vertriebs GmbH / Tagore. Visitors to the event may also visit the Special Exhibition. It will be open until 8 p.m.; admission will be free. Starting 25 Dec. 2005 In addition to the Special Exhibition, a film Kino Arsenal series will begin in late December. 25 Dec. 7 p.m. & 29 Dec. 7:30 p.m. FAHRT INS GLÜCK/Journey to Happiness (Erich Engel, D 1944/45) 26 Dec. 7 p.m. & 30 Dec. 7:30 p.m. UNTER DEN BRÜCKEN/Under the Bridges (Helmut Käutner, D 1945) 27 Dec. 7 p.m. & 28 Dec. 9:15 p.m. DIE MÖRDER SIND UNTER UNS/Murderers Among Us (Wolfgang Staudte, D 1946) This first part of the retrospective will continue in early January. A second series of films will be presented in March. 28 Jan. 2006 Reading and chansons “The Long Night of Museums” Makeup artist and stylist René Koch, Hildegard Hourly from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Knef’s friend and adviser since 1979, will read from letters written by the artist. Nathalie Kollo will sing her chansons. Hourly from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Tours through the Special Exhibition Feb. 2006: Retrospective of the Berlinale “Traumfrauen. Film Stars of the Further events are planned. You will be informed Fifties”, including two films with in good time about them. Hildegard Knef See also: www.filmmuseum-berlin.de. www.filmmuseum-berlin.de »Hildegard Knef. An Artist from Germany« Special Exhibition at the Filmmuseum Berlin 24 November 2005 to 17 April 2006 Publication / Book for the exhibition Published by Bertz + Fischer Verlag Hildegard Knef (28 December 1925 – 1 February 2002) was an actress of the stage and screen, as well as a singer, painter and book author. She lived in Europe and the USA, and starred in films made in France, Italy, England, Germany and Hollywood. She performed in musicals on Broadway, toured concert halls and theaters, and received awards from many countries. Celebrated by her admirers for her many talents, ridiculed by her critics, Hildegard Knef had to work most of her life. To do so she used the media just as they were to use her, at first profiting from her controversial reputation, later from her great popularity. This book, which is rich in illustrations, has been published in honour of what would have been Hildegard Knef’s 80th birthday. It includes previously unobtainable material and photos from her estate. It explores in detail the many facets of her work and life, her triumphs and failures, changes in identity and media images, as well as how she was perceived by the public. The book also reveals the complex relationship between Knef’s life and cultural, political, educational and social developments in the Federal Republic of Germany. There is a foreword by Hans Helmut Prinzler, essays by Kristina Jaspers, Klaus Kreimeier, Peter Mänz, Felix Moeller, Iris Radisch, Daniela Sannwald, Christian Schröder, Werner Sudendorf, Vera Thomas and Nils Warnecke; a photo series by Ulrich Mack and Ingo Taubhorn; as well as contributions by Karlheinz Böhm, Till Brönner, David Cameron, Christina Gardiner, Ralph Giordano, F. C. Gundlach, Kai Havaii, Oswalt Kolle, Volker Lechtenbrink, Günter Noris, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Walter Scheel, Paul von Schell, Roger Willemsen and Klaus Wowereit. Daniela Sannwald / Kristina Jaspers / Peter Mänz (eds.) Hildegard Knef. Eine Künstlerin aus Deutschland [Hildegard Knef. An Artist from Germany] 160 pages, 136 illustrations, b/w and colour Hardcover, 21 x 27 cm ISBN 3-86505-167-7 Price: EUR 19.90 Available since 16 November 2005 www.filmmuseum-berlin.de »Hildegard Knef. An Artist from Germany« Special Exhibition at the Filmmuseum Berlin 24 November 2005 to 17 April 2006 Exhibition team Curator: Daniela Sannwald Born in Offenbach/Main, she studied psychology, and spatial and regional planning. She coordinated projects at the International Design Center Berlin (IDZ), and lectured at the Institute for Theater Arts, Film and Television Studies at the FU Berlin, where she also wrote her dissertation, "Von der Filmkrise zum Neuen Deutschen Film” [From the Film Industry’s Crisis to New German Cinema] in 1995. Since then she has worked as film historian and journalist, as well as editor for the Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek, Filmarchiv Austria, the Viennale, among others. Her most recent publications have been on New Hollywood, Peter Lorre and Gustav Machaty. Conceptual work: Kristina Jaspers, Peter Mänz, Vera Thomas Audio visuals: Nils Warnecke Organisation: Christina Ohlrogge Research: Kristina Engler, Julia Oehme, Louis Vazquez Design of exhibition space: Camillo Kuschel Graphics: Jan Drehmel Construction of exhibition space: Sandra Höfinghoff, Adrian Klein, Hans Neuhaus, Andrew Young Graphic production: PPS, Berlin Costume restoration: Barbara Schröter Conservation: Tanja Rötel AV editing: Dörthe Schäfer-Stahlberg Photography: Subuddha Kellner Scans: Wolfgang Theis, Désirée Busch Technical support: Frank Köppke, Roberti Siefert, Stephan Werner Translations: Wendy Wallis Press and public relations: Heidi Berit Zapke, Christa Schahbaz www.filmmuseum-berlin.de For loans, our thanks go to Axel Andree, Berlin Peter Brüchmann, Berlin Bundesarchiv, Berlin Crossing Pictures, Berlin Deutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt/M. Irma Döpke, Berlin F. C. Gundlach, Hamburg Volkmar Heinz, Leipzig René Koch, Berlin Kulturarchiv at the FH Hanover Jens Kuphal, Berlin Martina-Elvira Lotzmann, Leipzig Ulrich Mack, Hamburg Markus Neumann, Berlin Peter Nürnberg, Hamburg Klaus Puhlmann, Berlin Rüdiger Roßner, Berlin Walter Scheel, Berlin Stiftung Archiv at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin Ingo Taubhorn, Berlin Truck Branss Estate/Andreas Boldt, Bad Camberg Archive Willi Forst Estate/Barbara and Melanie Langbein, Vienna Marianne Winkler, Berlin as well as RBB Media, Berlin ZDF, Mainz Kirch Media, Unterföhring 20th Century Fox, Los Angeles Concept AV, Berlin Crossing Pictures, Berlin Filmarchiv Austria, Vienna Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt/M. MDR/Ottonia Media, Leipzig Movieman Productions, Munich NDR/Fernsehallianz, Hamburg Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft, Unterföhring Nucleus Musikproduktion, Berlin Progress Film, Berlin Radio Bremen, Bremen Rialto Film, Berlin Saarländischer Rundfunk/Telefilm Saar, Saarbrücken Stern TV, Hamburg SWR, Stuttgart Transit Film, Munich WDR, Cologne www.filmmuseum-berlin.de and Stephan Dörschel, Berlin Thomas Goerke, Berlin Jürgen Hartmann, Hamburg Christoph Höppel, Berlin Thomas Jost, Berlin Ingrid Loschek, Munich Wiebke Ratzeburg, Braunschweig Petra Roek, Berlin Paul von Schell, Berlin Christian Schröder, Berlin Peter Stettner, Hanover Christine Waidenschlager, Berlin Corinna Weidner, Berlin Media partner www.filmmuseum-berlin.de »Hildegard Knef. An Artist from Germany« Special Exhibition at the Filmmuseum Berlin, 24 November 2005 to 17 April 2006 Press photos Hildegard Knef in ALRAUNE/ Unnatural aka Mandrake, D 1952 Directed by: Arthur Maria Rabenalt Filmmuseum Berlin – Deutsche Kinemathek Hildegard Knef Portrait by Ulrich Mack Percha, 1964 © and photo: Ulrich Mack Hildegard Knef at work on texts for her chansons Berlin, 1965 © and photo: Lothar Winkler By Hipp-Foto-Marianne Winkler-Berlin Filmmuseum Berlin – Deutsche Kinemathek Hildegard Knef with a portrait of her mother Kempfenhausen, 1967 © and photo: Gerhard Hanig Filmmuseum Berlin – Deutsche Kinemathek Hildegard Knef on tour with the Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra, 1968 Filmmuseum Berlin – Deutsche Kinemathek These photos may only be used free of charge by the press to cover the exhibition “Hildegard Knef. An Artist from Germany”. Please be sure to include the name of the photographer. www.filmmuseum-berlin.de »Hildegard Knef. An Artist from Germany« Special Exhibition at the Filmmuseum Berlin 24 November 2005 to 17 April 2006 Exhibition / A brief biography »Hildegard Knef. An Artist from Germany« is the title and theme of the exhibition. Hildegard Knef was born in Germany, but was a German citizen for only a few years of her life.