The­re is bare­ly ano­ther Ger­man film­ma­ker that has been as suc­cessful with lite­ra­ry adapt­a­ti­ons as Vol­ker Schlön­dorff. His film ver­si­on of Gün­ter Grass’s Die Blech­trom­mel, has even won the Oscar and the Pal­me d’Or. He has made seve­ral other lite­ra­ry works into films as well. 

At LITFILMS, Vol­ker Schlön­dorff pres­ents his Film Die Fäl­schung as a new­ly res­to­red 4K ver­si­on: War cor­re­spon­dent Georg Laschen roams the ruins of Bei­rut every night, expe­ri­en­cing the hor­rors of the Liba­non Con­flict. He is torn bet­ween his death wish and fasci­na­ti­on for this city. When he meets Aria­ne, who works for the Ger­man Embas­sy, ever­y­thing changes.

In the fol­lo­wing dis­cus­sion, we will address the still rele­vant topics as well as Schlöndorff’s lifel­ong pas­si­on for lite­ra­tu­re and film.