Retrospective 1945 Is the war over? Trauma, Ruins, Reconstruction
with the contribution of
Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia
with the collaboration of
Associazione Culturale èStoria
Filmoteka Narodowa
Kinemax
University of Udine – Centro Polifunzionale di Gorizia
CinemARTa – Ca’ Foscari, Venice
On 20th and 21st March 2025, the year in which Gorizia and Nova Gorica are designated European Capital of Culture, the Trieste Film Festival brings to Gorizia the retrospective 1945 Is the war over? Trauma, ruins, reconstruction curated by Francesco Pitassio.
A journey through the cinema of 1945, a crucial year that marked the end of World War II and the beginning of a new era for Europe and the entire world.
1945 was a year of profound change, hope and rebirth: the retrospective will feature a selection of works from the world’s archives that recount not only the devastation of the war, but also the challenges of reconstruction and the hopes of a continent that was slowly rising from the rubble.
The Trieste Film Festival celebrates Nova Gorica and Gorizia as European Capital of Culture through a retrospective divided into 5 programmes (Ruins, Childhood, Homecoming, Camps and Borders) that will be introduced by historians and film experts.
All films will be presented in their original language with Italian and English subtitles. Free entrance to all screenings. Find HERE the full programme.
Let’s meet in Gorizia! Let’s GO borderless!
Kinemax, March 20 2025
16.00 – introduced / introduced by Paolo D’Andrea
Rovine/ Ruins
A DEFEATED PEOPLE
Un popolo sconfitto
Humphrey Jennings
UK, 1946, b-n / b-w, 18′
v.o. inglese / English o.v.
GERMANIA ANNO ZERO
Germany Year Zero
Roberto Rossellini
I – DE – F, 1948, b-n / b-w, 78’
*copia proveniente da/copy from CSC – Cineteca Nazionale
v.o. tedesca – inglese – francese / German – English – French o.v.
18:30 – introduced / introduced by Silvia Inaudi
Infanzia / Childhood
SEEDS OF DESTINY
I semi del destino
Gene Fowler Jr.
USA, 1946, b-n / b-w, 21’
v.o. inglese / English o.v.
KINDER SUCHEN IHRE ELTERN (DER AUGENZEUGE 1946/12)
Bambini in cerca dei loro genitori / Children searching for their parents (Der Augenzeuge 1946/12)
DE (Zona di occupazione sovietica / Soviet occupation zone),
1946, b-n / b-w, 1’ 19”
v.o. tedesca / German o.v.
VALAHOL EURÓPÁBAN
È accaduto in Europa / Somewhere in Europe
Géza von Radványi
H, 1947, b-n / b-w, 104’
v.o. ungherese / Hungarian o.v.
Kinemax, March 21 2025
15:30 – introduced / introduced by Andrea Zannini
Ritorni / Homecoming
LE CHANTIER SUR LES RUINES
Il cantiere sulle rovine / Building on the Ruins
Tony Leenhardt
F, 1946, b-n / b-w, 24’
v.o. francese / French o.v.
IRGENDWO IN BERLIN
Da qualche parte a Berlino / Somewhere in Berlin
Gerhard Lamprecht
DE (Zona di occupazione sovietica / Soviet occupation zone), 1946, b-n / b-w, 85’
v.o. tedesca / German o.v.
17:45 – introduced / introduced by Francesco Pitassio
Campi / Camps
MAJDANEK. CMENTARZYSKO EUROPY
Majdanek. Cimitero d’Europa / Majdanek. Europe’s Cemetery Majdanek. Europe’s Cemetery
Aleksander Ford
PL, 1944, b-n / b-w, 24’
In collaborazione con / In collaboration with Filmoteka Narodowa (Varsavia / Warsaw)
v.o. polacca / Polish o.v.
JASENOVAC
Gustav Gavrin, Kosta Hlavaty
Jugoslavia / Yugoslavia, 1945, b-n / b-w, 15’
v.o. serbo-croata / Serbo-Croatian o.v.
DALEKÁ CESTA
Il viaggio lontano / Distant Journey
Alfréd Radok
CZ, 1948, b-n / b-w, 104’
v.o. ceca / Czech o.v.
20:30 introduces / introduced by Mila Orlić
Confini / Borders
CONFINI DI DOLORE
Boundaries of Grief
I, 1945-1947, b-n / b-w, 9’
v.o. italiana / Italian o.v.
VES V POHRANIČÍ
Il villaggio sul confine / Border Village
Jiří Krejčík
CZ, 1948, b-n / b-w, 88’
v.o. ceca / Czech o.v.
