WUNDERKINDER 
Germany, 2011, feature
100 minutes
German with English subtitles
Director: Marcus O. Rosenmüller

US Premiere

Best Screenplay, Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth 2011
Avner Shalev Yad Vashem Chairman’s Award, Jerusalem Film Festival 2011
Living in Poltava, Ukraine, in 1941, three exceptionally talented children develop deep friendships that overcome their different religions, nationalities and social classes. The two Jewish children Larissa and Abrascha, are both virtuosos—one on the piano and the other on the violin. Hanna, a young German girl, is also extremely gifted. The three find they have even more in common than their great love of music. Together, their world is one of curiosity, joy and talent. But when the Nazis invade the Soviet Union, all of their families are in terrible danger. Suddenly, the children’s world is turned upside down and they are no longer allowed to be friends. 

POST-FILM DISCUSSION WITH Martin Stock, Wunderkinder Composer

CO-SPONSORED BY the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany and Goethe-Institut Washington

Your ticket for either screening of Wunderkinder includes the reception on Sunday December 4 at 8:30 pm at the DCJCC