Museum Cinema / Germany Year Zero, 1948

Director: Roberto Rossellini | With: Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraud Hinze | Italy, 1948 | 78 min. | German; Hebrew subtitles

Introductory lecture: Noa Rosenberg, Curator of Modern Art and Curator of the Exhibition "Year Zero"

The third part of Rossellini’s neorealist war trilogy (preceded by Rome, Open City and Paisà) is its most radical and distressing chapter. It presents a portrait of war-ravaged Berlin seen through the eyes of a twelve-year-old boy. Edmund lives among the ruins with his sick father and older brother and sister, wandering unsupervised through the devastated city. As the family’s sole provider, he is drawn into black-market dealings and falls under the sinister influence of a former teacher—a pedophile sympathetic to the Nazi ideology.

Germany, Year Zero is a piercing and heartbreaking examination of the consequences of fascism, both on society and on the individual.

The screening is made possible through the generous support of the Italian Cultural Institute of Tel Aviv.

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The film is screened in dialogue with the exhibition Year Zero currently on view at the Museum. In the shared space of cinema and visual art, both engage with questions of identity, memory, and the human condition in times of upheaval and uncertainty, offering distinct yet resonant ways of reflecting on similar experiences.

We invite you to visit the exhibition to expand your viewing experience.

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Note: Film introductions will be in Hebrew.
The number of participants is limited | Advance reservations are required for all participants.
Participation in the tour includes entrance ticket to the Museum.