GRIMM'S
How well do YOU know German Cinema?
Test your knowledge of German Cinema with this quiz! Topics include themes of the films reviewed in this magazine, information about the directors, and fun facts.
1. Caroline Link (Nowhere in Africa) takes the theme of the Holocaust to a new level,
a. one that asks Germans and Jews to deal with the survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust
b. one that asks Germans and Jews to deal with the aftermath of the Holocaust
c. one that asks Germans and Jews to deal with the individual tragedies of the Holocaust
2. Throughout the film, Fassbinder relates the character of Maria Braun in The Marriage of Maria Braun to postwar Germany.
a. True
b. False
3.In the film, The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, it becomes clear that the press is fair and shuns institutional violence.
a. True
b. False
4. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul deals primarily with...
a. A quest to return an evil ring to the fires of Mount Doom
b. The prejudices and stereotypes that guest workers faced in Germany during the 1970s
c. Political ramfications of Second World War
Key: 1c, 2a, 3b, 4b
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