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"Cur­tain Call" - film screen­ing of "Mephisto" at the Licht­blick art­house cinema

 |  Student life,  Exhibitions

In the 2025 summer semester, the Lichtblick arthouse cinema will focus on the connection between theatre and film under the motto "Curtain Call - Cinema in 15 Acts". Over the course of the semester, a total of 15 films will be presented each week, showcasing the relationship that has existed since the emergence of cinema and the mutual inspiration between the two art forms. To mark the occasion, the analogue projection of "Mephisto" will be shown on Tuesday, 22 April at 8.30 pm in the Pollux cinema.

Tickets for the screening are available both via the Pollux website and at the box office. In addition, the Lichtblick arthouse cinema is once again part of the AStA Kulturticket, which means that 40 free tickets per screening are available for Paderborn University students. These can be redeemed at the cinema box office at the earliest one week before the performance on presentation of a student ID together with an official photo ID.

More information on the programme and the individual screenings can be found on the website of the Lichtblick arthouse cinema.

Mephisto

The ambitious theatre actor Hendrik H?fgen (Klaus Maria Brandauer) achieves great influence in his parade role as Mephisto in a performance of Goethe's Faust. Then the Nazis seize power. Although he struggles with their ideology, he allows himself to be seduced into becoming a "popular actor" for the regime - a Mephistophelean offer on his part. Winner of numerous awards (including Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars and Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival), "Mephisto" shows the appropriation of art and artists by fascism and raises the question of the responsibility of the individual.

Lichtblick arthouse cinema

The Lichtblick arthouse cinema is a student initiative at Paderborn University and has been enriching Paderborn's cultural landscape since it was founded in 2003 with sophisticatedly curated themed film series. These range from early silent films to contemporary cinema. During these forays through over 120 years of film history, all kinds of classics, marginalised films, curiosities and forgotten treasures have been brought back to the big screen. This, including the analogue projection of 35mm film, is made possible by the long-standing cooperation with the Paderborn Pollux cinema, which is unique in Germany.

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