In Commemoration of the 30-Year Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall dividing Berlin & Germany from August 13, 1961 to Nov. 9, 1989
the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at The Ohio State University presents
A Wall Within (2018)
a film by Catherine Veaux-Logeat
Free and Open to the public
(light reception to follow)
Introduction and post-screening discussion
with May Mergenthaler, Ph.D., Associate Professor (Ohio State)
Synopsis: A Wall Within tells the moving story of a German family separated by the wall, even 30 years after it fell. When Frank took to the sea in the sixties, he left behind a wall and a woman. The wall was the one that divided Berlin for 28 years. The woman was his first love, Elisabeth. A Wall Within reveals the truth behind the walls in Frank’s family. Why did Elisabeth break her promise and never meet Frank in the West? Why won’t Frank speak to his brother who still lives in the East? A Wall Within tells the story of one man’s incredible life and the walls that still divide a family today - 30 years after Berlin’s Wall fell.
