Sep 20 2025 to Sep 20 2025 4:30 p.m.

Where

Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore

716, Chinmaya Mission Hospital Road, First Stage, Indiranagar, Bengaluru 560038

Event Description

We invite you to a screening of All MyGirls (1980), directed by Iris Gusner. A screening in our ongoing film series German Cinema in Focus curated by Shivani. Currently being shown are a selection of Films from East Germany.

Despite his lack of enthusiasm, film student Ralf is assigned to make a documentary about a team of six women workers at a light bulb factory in Berlin. At first, the team seems to work and get along together without a hitch. But soon tensions between the women become apparent and they pull Ralf into their conflicts.
All My Girls was filmed on location at the NARVA light bulb factory in Berlin. Director Iris Gusner worked closely with other women on her team to make this film that gives us a real feel for what it was like to be a woman in the GDR.

All My Girls
by Iris Gusner
1980 | 86 Min. | Colour | German with English subtitles

Iris Gusner (b. 1941), one of very few female feature film directors in East Germany, trained in directing at the renowned VGIK film school in Moscow under Mikhail Romm. After a brief stint with East German television, in 1968 she moved to the DEFA Studio for Feature Films, where she started as assistant director to Konrad Wolf on his 1971 film Goya, or the Hard Way of Enlightenment.
Her much-heralded debut film, The Dove on the Roof, was banned for showing workers “in distress.” She finally achieved acclaim with her lively portrayal of women workers in All My Girls, which became one of her most successful films. Her unique semi-autobiographical feature film, If the Earth were not round..., was followed by other films focusing on the role and emancipation of women in the GDR.

Free Entry!