THE INVENTION OF CURRIED SAUSAGE

DIE ENTDECKUNG DER CURRYWURST

Directed by Ulla Wagner

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Spring 1945, the Allies are approaching Hamburg. Lena Bruecker, in her mid-40s, finds herself alone. Her children have left the roost and her husband has been stationed on the eastern front. Just when life appears to be almost over for her as far as love and passion are concerned it takes an unexpected turn. After an evening at the cinema, which, as usual, ends up in an air-raid shelter, she takes Petty Officer Bremer home with her. Just like that. She cooks for the young man, who reminds her of her son, and offers him a place to stay, at first only for the night, but then until the war is over. A passionate and dramatic love affair unfolds, with the war and nosy neighbors just outside the door who can’t wait to discover a deserter. But the greater threat to Lena’s new life is the impending peace.

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US Premiere

Country
Germany
Year
2008
Run Time
35mm, 104min.,
German with English subtitles
Cast
Benno Fuermann
Nina Hoss
Hilmi Soezer
Camera
Julian Atanassov
Screenwriter
Oliver Jahn
Stéphane Bittoun
Printsource
The Cinema Guild
Email
info@cinemaguild.com
Awards
Film Festival Emden-Norderney 2008:
Exceptional Award 2006: Best Actor; Best Film; Best Screenwriter

Director

Oliver Jahn
was born in 1969 in Oldenburg. In the mid-90’s he studied at the Berlin University of the Arts and transferred to the Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie in 1997. Jahn is mostly noted for his German television science fiction series IJON TICHY: RAUMPILOT, in which he played the leading role. Jahn began making short and feature films in 1994. DIE EISBOMBE is his first feature for cinema.