How did a short sketch featuring British actors make it into the Guinness World Records thanks to the Germans, and how did audiences react to its “remake” starring Angela Merkel? Where was the socialist version of the Cinderella fairy tale filmed, in which three hazelnuts help the heroine instead of a fairy godmother? What does actress Romy Schneider have to do with Christmas in Germany? And who rewrote the life story of Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria – the famous Sisi – so successfully that her real-life tragedies were forgotten for decades?

Germany has its own equivalents of The Irony of Fate – films that people return to year after year during the holiday season. That’s what we’ll be exploring at our event.

Come along to talk about cinema and get into the Christmas spirit!