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\nFilm Program for the exhibition
\nFOTO: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918-1945<\/em><\/strong>
\nFeb. 9 – May 4, 2008, Milwaukee Art Museum<\/p>\n

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“City Films”<\/strong>
\nFeb. 20, 7:00pm | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union Cinema<\/p>\n

Prague at Night (Praha v z\u00e1\u0159\u00ed sv\u011btel)<\/em> by Svatopluk Innemann
\n1928, 35 mm, silent, 24 minutes, Czechoslovakia<\/p>\n

Aimless Walk (Bez\u00fa\u010deln\u00e1 proch\u00e1zka)<\/em> by Alexandr Hackenschmied
\n1930, 35 mm, silent, 10 minutes, Czechoslovakia<\/p>\n

Urban Gypsies (Gro\u00dfstadt Zigeuner)<\/em> by L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Moholy-Nagy
\n1932, 35 mm, silent, 11 minutes, Germany<\/p>\n

Living in Prague (\u017dijeme v Praze)<\/em> by Otakar V\u00e1vra
\n1934, 35 mm, Czech, 13 minutes, Czechoslovakia<\/p>\n

Budapest, City of Baths (Budapest f\u00fcrd\u0151v\u00e1ros)<\/em> by Istv\u00e1n Somk\u00fati
\n1935, 35 mm, silent with music track, 14 minutes, Hungary<\/p>\n

Jewish Life in Krak\u00f3w<\/em> by Shaul and Yitzhak Goskind
\n1939, 16 mm, Yiddish with subtitles, 10 minutes, Poland<\/p>\n

Jewish Life in Lw\u00f3w<\/em> by Shaul and Yitzhak Goskind
\n1939, 16 mm, Yiddish with subtitles, 11 minutes, Poland<\/p>\n

A Day in Warsaw<\/em> by Shaul and Yitzhak Goskind
\n1938, 16 mm, Yiddish with subtitles, 10 minutes, Poland<\/p>\n

“City Films”<\/strong>
\nFeb 23, 1:00pm | Milwaukee Art Museum Lubar Auditorium<\/p>\n

Berlin: Symphony of a Big City (Berlin: Die Sinfonie einer Gro\u00dfstadt)<\/em> by Walter Ruttmann
\n1927, DVD, silent, 72 minutes, Germany<\/p>\n

“Homeland, Homeland: My Country” Program One<\/strong>
\nFeb. 27, 7:00pm | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union Cinema<\/p>\n

Kuyaviak (Kujawiak) (from Polish Dance Series<\/em>) by Eugeniusz C\u0119kalski
\n1935, 35 mm, English, 7 minutes, Poland<\/p>\n

Faithless Marijka (Marijka nev\u011brnice)<\/em> by Vladislav Van\u010dura
\n1934, 35 mm, Ruthenian, Slovak, Yiddish and Czech with subtitles, 76 minutes, Czechoslovakia<\/p>\n

The Song of Ruthenia (P\u00edse\u0148 o Podkarpatsk\u00e9 Rusi)<\/em> by Ji\u0159\u00ed Weiss
\n1937, 35 mm, Czech with subtitles, 11 minutes, Czechoslovakia<\/p>\n

“Homeland, Homeland: My Country” Program Two<\/strong>
\nMar. 1, 1:00pm | Milwaukee Art Museum Lubar Auditorium<\/p>\n

The Blue Light (Das blaue Licht)<\/em> by Leni Riefenstahl
\n1932, DVD, German, 79 minutes, Germany<\/p>\n

“Homeland, Homeland: My Country” Program Three<\/strong>
\nMar. 5, 7:00pm | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union Cinema<\/p>\n

The Hungarian Village (A magyar falu)<\/em> by L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Kand\u00f3
\n1935, 35 mm, Hungarian with English intertitles, 15 minutes, Hungary<\/p>\n

Hortob\u00e1gy<\/em> by Georg H\u00f6llering
\n1936, 35 mm, Hungarian with subtitles, 82 minutes, Hungary<\/p>\n

“Homeland, Homeland: My Country” Program Four<\/strong>
\nMar. 8, 1:00pm | Milwaukee Art Museum Lubar Auditorium<\/p>\n

The Singing Earth (Zem spieva)<\/em> by Karel Plicka
\n1933, DVD, silent with music track, Czech and English intertitles, 80 minutes, Czechoslovakia<\/p>\n

“Celluloid Myths and Celluloid Dreams”<\/strong>
\nMar. 9, 2:00pm | Milwaukee Art Museum Lubar Auditorium<\/p>\n

The Dybbuk (Der Dibuk)<\/em> by Micha\u0142 Waszy\u0144ski
\n1937, DVD, Yiddish with subtitles, 123 minutes, Poland<\/p>\n

Followed by a discussion led by Jody Hirsh, Jewish Community Center, and Lisa Hostetler.<\/p>\n

“The Most Important Art”<\/strong>
\nMar. 15, 1:00pm | Milwaukee Art Museum Lubar Auditorium<\/p>\n

Mother Krause’s Journey to Happiness (Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Gl\u00fcck)<\/em> by Piel Jutzi
\n1929, DVD, silent, German intertitles with translation, 116 minutes, Germany<\/p>\n

“The Popular”<\/strong>
\nMar. 22, 1:00pm | Milwaukee Art Museum Lubar Auditorium<\/p>\n

The Last Laugh (Der letzte Mann)<\/em> by F. W. Murnau
\n1924, DVD, silent with English intertitles, 90 minutes, Germany<\/p>\n

Special Program
\n“Avant-garde Shorts” and <\/strong>“Homeland, Homeland: My Country” Program Five<\/strong>
\nApr. 2, 7:00pm | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union Cinema<\/p>\n

7:00pm<\/strong> Ghosts before Breakfast (Vormittagsspuk)<\/em> by Hans Richter
\n1927\/1928, 16 mm, silent, 6 minutes, Germany<\/p>\n

Boots (Buty)<\/em> by Jerzy Gabrielsky
\n1934, 35 mm, Polish with subtitles, 12 minutes, Poland<\/p>\n

There Is a Ball Tonight (Dzi\u015b mamy bal)<\/em> by Jerzy Zarzycki and Tadeusz Kowalski
\n1934, 35 mm, silent with music track and subtitles, 7 minutes, Poland<\/p>\n

The Adventure of a Good Citizen (Przygoda cz\u0142owieka poczciwego)<\/em> by Stefan and Franciszka Themerson
\n1937, 35 mm, Polish with subtitles, 8 minutes, Poland<\/p>\n

At the Prague Castle (Na Pra\u017esk\u00e9m hrad\u0115)<\/em> by Alexandr Hackenschmied
\n1931, 35 mm, silent with music track, 11 minutes, Czechoslovakia<\/p>\n

The Highway Sings (Silnice zp\u00edv\u00e1)<\/em> by Elmar Klos
\n1937, 35 mm, Czech with subtitles, 4 minutes, Czechoslovakia<\/p>\n

8:00pm<\/strong> Lecture by Sonja Simonyi<\/p>\n

9:00pm<\/strong> Spring Shower (Tavaszi z\u00e1por)<\/em> by P\u00e1l Fej\u0151s
\n1932, 35 mm, Hungarian with subtitles, 66 minutes, Hungary<\/p>\n

Opening night of the symposium
\n“Picturing the Modern: Photography, Film, and Society in Central Europe, 1918-1945”<\/strong>
\nApr. 3 | Milwaukee Art Museum Lubar Auditorium<\/p>\n

5:15pm<\/strong> “Antifascism, Photomontage and the Image of Nazism”
\nAnson Rabinbach, Keynote Speaker (History Department Princeton University)<\/p>\n

6:15pm<\/strong> Reception sponsored by the Photography Council<\/p>\n

7:00pm<\/strong> The Blue Angel (Der blaue Engel)<\/em> by Josef von Sternberg
\n1930, DVD, German with subtitles, 106 minutes, Germany<\/p>\n

“The Most Important Art”<\/strong>
\nApr. 16, 7:00pm | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union Cinema<\/p>\n

In the Shadow of the Machine (Im Schatten der Maschine)<\/em> by Albrecht Viktor Blum
\n1928, 35 mm, silent, German intertitles with translation, 20 minutes, Germany<\/p>\n

Children Must Laugh (Mir Kumen On)<\/em> by Aleksander Ford
\n1935, 16 mm, English narration and Yiddish spoken with subtitles, 56 minutes, Poland<\/p>\n

“Celluloid Myths and Celluloid Dreams”<\/strong>
\nApr. 23, 7:00pm | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union Cinema<\/p>\n

Waxworks (Das Wachsfigurenkabinett)<\/em> by Paul Leni
\n1924, 16 mm, silent, English intertitles, 70 minutes, Germany)<\/p>\n

The Magic Eye (Divotvorn\u00e9 oko)<\/em> by Ji\u0159\u00ed Lehovec
\n1939, 35 mm, Czech with subtitles, 10 minutes, Czechoslovakia<\/p>\n

“The Popular” Program One<\/strong>
\nApr. 30, 7:00pm | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union Cinema<\/p>\n

Address Unknown (C\u00edmzett ismeretlen)<\/em> by B\u00e9la Ga\u00e1l
\n1935, 35 mm, Hungarian with subtitles, 83 minutes, Hungary<\/p>\n

“The Popular” Program Two<\/strong>
\nMay 7, 7:00pm | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union Cinema<\/p>\n

Heave Ho! (Hej rup!)<\/em> by Martin Fri\u010d (Ji\u0159\u00ed Voskovec\/Jan Werich)
\n1934, 35 mm, Czech with subtitles, 99 minutes, Czechoslovakia<\/p>\n

Films to be looped in screening room of Baker\/Rowland exhibition galleries:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ghosts before Breakfast (Vormittagsspuk)<\/em> by Hans Richter
\n1927\/1928, DVD (16 mm), silent, 6 minutes, Germany<\/p>\n

Kuyaviak (Kujawiak)<\/em> (from Polish Dance Series<\/em>) by Eugeniusz C\u0119kalski
\n1935, DVD (35 mm), English, 7 minutes, Poland<\/p>\n

Urban Gypsies (Gro\u00dfstadt Zigeuner)<\/em> by L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Moholy-Nagy
\n1932, DVD (35 mm), silent, 11 minutes, Germany<\/p>\n

Jewish Life in Krak\u00f3w<\/em> by Shaul and Yitzhak Goskind
\n1939, DVD (16 mm), Yiddish with subtitles, 10 minutes, Poland<\/p>\n

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