We cordially invite you to a collegial exchange on “Phantoms of the New German Cinema” on November 20, 2023 in Potsdam. The topic may be interpreted generously; it is about interesting and equally invisible persons, projects and topics that have to do with the New German Cinema or the conception of an independent auteur film in post-war cinema in the broadest sense. We do this by means of short impulse lectures, discussion rounds as well as in free time slots that allow for more informal conversations.

Ferdinand Khittl’s “Die Parallelstraße” (BRD 1962)

The idea for this workshop grew out of a paper recently submitted for publication by our colleague and collaborative partner, American literary scholar Megan Ewing (Ferdinand Khittl’s The Parallel Road. Ecological thinking and the implicated subject). Here, Megan dealt with one of the strangest films of the New German Cinema, “Die Parallelstraße” and its no less interesting director, Ferdinand Khittl (1959). Khittl was the one who had read the famous “Oberhausen Manifesto” in 1962. Heiko Christians and Kai Knörr first published the experimental film in 2009 in the “Edition Filmmuseum”. Megan Ewing has now recently delivered an amazing reinterpretation.

In the workshop we want to bring together colleagues who will shed light on those forgotten people, projects and themes that could be understood as “phantoms of the New German Cinema”.

The workshop will be held in German with contributions in English.

Programm

Montag, 20. November 2023

10:00 Uhr Begrüßung durch die Organisator*innen | Zur Idee des Workshops | Kleine Vorstellungsrunde

10:15 Uhr Megan Ewing, PhD (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor): Ferdinand Khittl’s Die Parallelstraße: Ecological thinking and the implicated subject (Vortrag engl.
Diskussion dt.)

10:45 Uhr Kurze Kaffeepause

11:00 Uhr SCREENING: Ferdinand Khittl: Die Parallelstraße, BRD 1962 (Ausschnitte); Ferdinand Khittl: Das Magische Band, BRD 1959; weitere Materialien zur Geschichte der GbF; Diskussion

12:30 Uhr Mittagessen im Café Ricciotti am Nikolaisaal, Wilhelm-Staab-Str. 10, 14467 Potsdam

14:00 Uhr Dr. Harun Maye (Universität Basel): Werner Herzogs “Nosferatu”. Ein Symptom des neuen deutschen Films? (Impulsvortrag, Filmausschnitte+Diskussion)

14:45 Uhr PD Dr. Bernd Bösel (Universität Potsdam): Günther Anders und der Spuk im Film (Impulsvortrag, Filmausschnitte+Diskussion)

15:30 Uhr Kaffeepause

16:00 Uhr Prof. Dr. Heiko Christians (Universität Potsdam): “Bruno S.” und der neue dt. Film (Impulsvortrag, Filmausschnitte+Diskussion)

16:45 Uhr Dr. Kai Knörr (Universität Potsdam): Wolf Schmidt, Ein Autorenfilmer vor Oberhausen? (Impulsvortrag, Filmausschnitte+Diskussion)

17:30 Uhr Zusammenfassung und Ausblick

18:00 Uhr Fazit

Ab 19:00 Uhr Gemeinsames Abendessen in der Taverna To Steki (griechisch), Gutenbergstr. 33, 14467 Potsdam

If you are interested in participating and/or giving your own keynote presentation, please contact the organizers with a topic proposal by October 20, 2023: Dr. Kai Knörr, .