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‘Lektionen in Finsternis’, UK/GER, 1992, directed by Werner Herzog

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Lektionen in Finsternis

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02/09/2023 - 20:00
Arsenal Cinema
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‘Lektionen in Finsternis’, (Lessions in Darkess), UK/GER, 1992, directed by Werner Herzog

54 minutes / 35 mm / German version

A film like a requiem. The detritus left behind by the defeated Iraqi invading army: tanks and military equipment shot to pieces, destroyed settlements and streets, burning oil wells, contaminated soil in Kuwait, where extinguishing teams with special tools try to put out the fire. Survivors give accounts of torture and suffering, it is a journey into darkness, a lament about mistreated creation. There is no aestheticization of violence, but rather the heightened depiction of a human-made catastrophe.

Introduction: Magnus Knoll

The screening is part of the film series “Werner Herzog”.

→ Kino Arsenal – Potsdamer Straße 2 – 10785 Berlin | Admission: € 8,50

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