We are delighted to be able to announce a special event – the first screening in the United Kingdom of ‘Führer und Verführer/Goebbels and the Führer’. The first serious feature film on Hitler in twenty years. ‘Führer und Verführer’ premiered at the Munich International Film Festival in July 2024 where it won the Audience Award. Since then, it has been screened in cinemas in several countries on two continents. It is also about to be shown at a Special Screening at Auschwitz for the guides and employees working at Auschwitz and it will soon premiere in Japan and many other countries. We are, therefore privileged to be afforded this opportunity.
It will be shown at a special joint event with OSS at Robert Gordon’s College in Aberdeen. We are grateful to Robin Macpherson, Head of College for providing the venue for the evening which is proposed to commence at 6.30pm
30th April is not only the 80th anniversary of Hitler’s death in the ruins of Berlin, but also a few days prior to the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, a conflict in which so many Aberdonians lost their lives. It is their legacy that invites us to look back to the past to develop resilience and a hopeful vision for the future.
You may remember the thought-provoking evening we had last year with Prof Beatrice de Graaf and Prof Thomas Weber, experts in Putin and Hitler respectively.
Professor Weber served as the film’s historical and creative adviser, to support Director and Script Writer Joachim Lang and Dramaturge and Co-Producer Sandra Maria Dujmovic. The film depicts the dynamic interaction of Hitler and his propaganda minister between 1938 and 1945, that stands at the heart of the deadly dynamic of the Third Reich. It tells the story of their campaign of disinformation and demagoguery. It is the belief of Lang, Dujmovic, and Weber that understanding the patterns of the last world war of disinformation and demagoguery will equip us with tools with which to face the new world war of disinformation and demagoguery we see today. The film takes inspiration from seven survivors, whose testimony intercuts the dramatized plot of the film. The survivors invite us to reflect on our values and virtues and to help us develop a vision of how peaceful coexistence can be restored in times of new crises and wars.
If you wish to attend this event please contact Clerk Garry Stevens at – clerk@aberdeenburgesses.com – as soon as possible. At this time, we may only be able to accommodate spouses and partners as guests, but we will keep you informed of that situation
Sylvia Halkerston
Lord Dean of Guild