Film & Gespräch: JOHNNY & ME - EINE ZEITREISE MIT JOHN HEARTFIELD

In the organizer's words:

Special preview of the documentary JOHNNY & ME - A TIME TRAVEL WITH JOHN HEARTFIELD at Atelier am Bollwerk. The screening will be followed by a discussion with director Katrin Rothe. In cooperation with the Haus des Dokumentarfilms and the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film.

About the film:

Bertold Brecht called him one of the most important European artists. Rosa Luxemburg personally handed over the party card to the communist of the first hour in 1918. George Grosz and Kurt Tucholsky were among his closest friends and artistic companions. He himself adopts an English name in protest against German warmongering. For the Nazis, however, the father of political photomontage John Heartfield quickly became one of the most dangerous enemies of the state. For years he was on the run in Europe, later finding no safe home in the socialist GDR either.

Graphic designer Stephanie, who is plagued by a creative crisis and self-doubt, is fascinated by John Heartfield's work, which she discovers in an exhibition. Through a time tunnel, she ends up in a studio where the artist, who has become a cartoon character, takes her on a journey through his eventful life. A loving friendship develops between the two colleagues. And Stephanie picks up scissors and paper again.