Albrecht Weinberg- Es ist immer Kino in meinem Kopf

• DE 2026
• 90 min
• Directed by: Güner Yasemin Balci, Jesco Denzel
• Rating: Ages 12 and up
• Documentary: Original version with German voiceover and subtitles where applicable

Screenings:

• Thu., September 10, 2026 – Sun., September 13, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.
• Tue., September 15, 2026 – Wed., September 16, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.

Albrecht Weinberg died on May 12 at the age of 101. He leaves behind hundreds of friends and companions, as well as his best friend Gerda, who is now traveling through Germany—not with Albrecht, but with his film—to combat the threat of forgetting.

Albrecht Weinberg survived the Holocaust. Sixty years after going into exile in America, he returns to his old home in East Frisia. Not because he wants to see Germany again, but because he is nearly blind and in need of assistance. He arrives in Leer at what seems to be the end of his life—and there he finds something no one expected: a new beginning alongside Gerda Dänekas, once his caregiver, now his girlfriend and roommate. Together, they are Germany’s oldest shared living arrangement. And Albrecht begins to tell his story: about his life, about “Mom” and “Dad,” about what remains when everything has been lost. The audience witnesses students kneeling beside the old man in his wheelchair and bursting into tears, because the power of his story is almost too much to bear. Albrecht carries the horror in his mind and, in his heart, a childlike trust in the people he meets. He is attentive, loving, always curious, and open. Not even a former Wehrmacht soldier he meets can change that. Albrecht cries, he laughs, he rides the carousel with the mayor of Leer, and recalls every detail of a past that must not be forgotten. Until the very end, his greatest fear remains that of being forgotten.