Hans Jürgen Syberberg belongs generationally to the so-called Oberhausen Group and to the subsequent Young or New German Cinema following the Manifesto. Ultimately, however, he was the one who, despite having learned his craft in television, was least willing to make artistic compromises and least willing to bow to contemporary trends. As a result, he spent over two decades in intense public disputes with the German-language press and the domestic film industry. Consequently, among the internationally recognized names of this generation, he has the smallest body of work and is today the least present.

This workshop is therefore dedicated to a rediscovery of Syberberg’s work, not least his early films, and is intended to culminate in a special thematic issue of the journal Film-Konzepte.

Program

Thursday, 26. March 26

9:30 Welcome / Issue Film-Konzepte

10:00 Chris Wahl: Graf Syberberg, der Schichtenerzähler – Die bayerische Trilogie

11:30 Stefanie Diekmann: Mit und ohne Gesicht. Hans-Jürgen Syberbergs ROMY und Maximilian Schells MARLENE

13:00 Lunch Break

14:30 Michael Wedel: Labyrinth der Zusammenhänge. Hans-Jürgen Syberberg über Kino, Kunst und Gesellschaft

16:00 Coffee Break

17:00 Heiko Christians: Syberbergs SCARABEA von 1969 – Der Regisseur sucht einen Stil

18:30 End

Friday, 27. March 26

9:30 Astrid Oesmann: “Die Gegenständlichkeit des Theaters ist außerordentlich”: Syberbergs Wahrnehmung des Theaters durch die Kamera

11:00 Coffee Break

11:15 Stephan Ahrens: “Normalformat soll nicht auf Breitwand vorgeführt werden”. Überschreitung in SAN DOMINGO von Hans Jürgen Syberberg und Christian Blackwood

12:45 Closing Discussion

13:00 End

Organized by Heiko Christians and Chris Wahl.

Due to limited capacity, we kindly ask you to send an email to if you are interested in attending in the workshop.