›Mein Feind‹, D 1993, Direction: Bettina Flitner Copyright: Deutsche Kinemathek
Mein Feind
Si̇nema Transtopia
In the early 1990s, Bettina Flitner asked women on the street the provocative question: “Do you have an enemy? And if so, what would you do to them if you could do it without being punished?” Flitner put the equally provocative answers to the question on large-format photographs, showing the women who answered them holding toy weapons. She placed these photos in public spaces in Cologne, asked for reactions and filmed the discussions that ensued. The skilful interweaving of multiple media and discourse levels during this intervention set off a range of reactions, from vocal outrage to quiet accounts of the experience of rape and helplessness. The film premiered at the Forum of the Berlin Film Festival and received awards both at home and abroad.
G 1993, Bettina Flitner, 30 min, OV with ENG subtitles
Introduction: Elisa Jochum (Deutsche Kinemathek)
In English
| Tickets | €9 |
| When | Thu 23.10.25, 11:30 |
| Where |
Si̇nema Transtopia |
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Film details
Film data
D & SP: Bettina Flitner
DoP: Christel Fromm
E: Hanne Huxell
S: Ulla Fels
P: Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie (DFFB), Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Original format: 16 mm, 1:1.37, color
Screening print: DCP, 30 min, Deutsche Kinemathek, Berlin
Restoration info
In 2024, the film was digitised in 4K resolution and restored in 2K on behalf of the Deutsche Kinemathek at Cinegrell Postfactory GmbH. The starting materials were the 16 mm reverse original and the 16 mm sound mix. Digitization was made possible by the Film Heritage Funding Program (FFE).
Elisa Jochum
is a film scholar and cultural historian. She has been the Head of the Film Heritage Department (the film archive) at the Deutsche Kinemathek since 2022, and a member of the FIAF (Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film) Executive Committee since 2025. Jochum has also taught seminars on audiovisual history and archiving to the next generation of filmmakers at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg since 2020. She previously worked and did research at the Goethe-Institut, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, University College London and Yale University.