At the meeting with lovers of German cinema and those interested in the subject, Igor Sadreev whisked the audience away into the world of German film beyond the screen. It was not an academic lecture, but a journey into the strange, captivating, and unique world of German cinema – from the silent masterpieces of the 1920s to the blockbusters of the 21st century. Igor Sadreev told how Nabokov haunted Berlin film studios, dreaming of striking it rich with a screenplay about a dwarf's love; how the creator of the great "Metropolis" met Goebbels and received an offer he could only refuse by fleeing the country. We learned which film Stirlitz watched six times, what Germans watch every New Year's Eve, why director Werner Herzog walked from Munich to Paris (a distance of 775 km!), and why a Bavarian sex comedy became an underground hit in the USSR. We also now know which film is Angela Merkel's favorite, what the Archbishop of Cologne angrily denounced – and where the most cinematic cucumbers grow.