Over the past 180 years, 42 Washington Mews, the present home of Deutsches Haus, has experienced a history that reflects the evolution of Greenwich Village. Through original artworks, photographs, and historic documents, The Story of a Haus will recount the tale of the continuous transformation of the building: from a horse stable, to the sculpture studio of artists Paul Manship, Gaston Lachaise, and Robert Ingersoll Aitken, leading up to the present-day Deutsches Haus, New York’s leading institution for culture and language of the German-speaking world. Deutsches Haus is celebrating its 35-year history in this quaint landmark building, which has seen such fascinating figures as Charlie Chaplin, Jack Dempsey, John Singer Sargent, Lincoln Kirstein, Christiana Morgan, Helmut Schmidt, and Günter Grass walk in and out of its doors.

Deutsches Haus at NYU and Music Box Films invite you for a special advance screening of Julian Pölsler's acclaimed film, The Wall (Die Wand).
Martina Gedeck, star of the Academy Award®-winning The Lives Of Others, brings a vivid intensity to this mysterious and riveting tale of survival set in a spectacularly beautiful Austrian mountain landscape. In a tour-de-force performance, Gedeck plays an unnamed character who suddenly finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall inexplicably surrounds the countryside where she is vacationing. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she becomes immersed in a world untouched by civilization and ruled only by the laws of nature. As she grapples with her bizarre circumstances, she begins an inward journey of spiritual growth and transcendence. Based on Marlen Haushofer’s eponymous classic novel, The Wall (Die Wand) is a gorgeous, mesmerizing adventure film that raises profound questions about humanity, solitude, and our relationship to the natural world.

Penguin Classics and Zeitgeist Films, in collaboration with Deutsches Haus at NYU, present Hannah Arendt: The Woman Behind the Film. Please join us for a panel discussion featuring the cast and crew of the new motion picture, Hannah Arendt. Panelists include Barbara Sukowa (Hannah Arendt), Janet McTeer (Mary McCarthy), filmmaker Margarethe von Trotta, co-screenwriter Pam Katz, and advisor Jerome Kohn. The panel discussion will be moderated by Professor Ulrich Baer, Vice Provost for Arts, Humanities and Multicultural Affairs at NYU.

McNally Jackson presents a launch reading for Her Not All Her: On/with Robert Walser, written by the Austrian Nobel Laureate, Elfriede Jelinek, number 18 in the Cahiers Series, translated by Damion Searls and with pictures by Thomas Newbolt.
Readings by Hari Kunzru, Katie Kitamura, and Damion Searls.