Kino im Salon | Erlesene Filme: Mittagsstunde

In the organizer's words:

Ingwer Feddersen has made it: out of the village and into academic life. He works as a lecturer in Kiel and leads a quiet, orderly existence - until a phone call changes everything. His grandparents, who raised him, can no longer cope on their own. Ingwer takes a sabbatical and returns to Brinkebüll, the North Frisian village from which he once fled. But Brinkebüll is no longer what it used to be: houses are empty, the village pub is losing its customers, community is crumbling - and with it an entire language, a culture, a way of life.

The film, based on the bestseller by Dörte Hansen (2018), is a melancholy look at the disappearance of rural structures in northern Germany - told with dry humor, fine observation and a feel for the quiet dramas of everyday life. Between memories of childhood and youth and the present, which is characterized by care, farewell and change, Ingwer's return becomes a journey into his own origins: What remains of home when everything changes? And what does belonging mean when you have long since left?

Director Lars Jessen stages "Mittagsstunde" as a warm-hearted, calm film drama full of quiet nuances. Charly Hübner plays Ingwer with North German sobriety and inner turmoil, while Peter Franke and Hildegard Schmahl impress alongside him as a pair of grandparents searching for their place in a new era between stubbornness, dignity and vulnerability. Without pathos, but with great empathy, the film tells of generation breaks, the loss of familiar worlds - and the attempt to find stability in change.

"Mittagsstunde" (2022) is a literary adaptation that is touching because it tells its story so calmly: a poetic, yet very realistic film about the slow disappearance of a village - and about what holds people together when the old no longer holds.

Lights out and movie off - once a month, the Kultur: Haus Dacheröden shows selected literary adaptations with a short introduction. If you prefer an intimate, cozy atmosphere to a large cinema hall, this is the place for you. Experience the films by candlelight, with a cool drink and a few snacks. We present adaptations of classic and contemporary literature - from "Tschick" to "Nackt unter Wölfen", from new to old. A short introduction before the start of the screening by the Erfurt filmmaker and curator of the event series Susanne Aßmann gives an overview of the background to the film.

Length: 97 minutes

Price information:

Advance booking: € 8.00 Box Office: € 11.00