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Premiere: Phantoms of July

In presence of director Julian Radlmaier and cast & crew

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Thursday,  27.11.2025
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20:00
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Julian Radlmaier, who revived political German cinema with SELBSTKRITIK EINES BÜRGERLICHEN HUNDES (Self-Criticism of a Bourgeois Dog) and BLUTSAUGER (Bloodsucker), returns with SEHNSUCHT IN SANGERHAUSEN (Longing in Sangerhausen). His new film is his most accessible to date—and at the same time strikes at the heart of our current social reality. Set in the small town of Sangerhausen in Saxony-Anhalt, this film humorously and intelligently tells of precarious living conditions, political polarization, solidarity, and—as the title suggests—the longing for a better life. 

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Ursula and Neda, an East German waitress with a broken heart and an Iranian YouTuber with a broken arm, both feel trapped and lonely in their precarious lives. One summer evening, Ursula falls for a mysterious musician from the city, while Neda is convinced that she recognized an old friend from Tehran in an equally enigmatic street sweeper. The winding paths of chance draw the two women together on an unexpected ghost hunt in the mountains...
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