New Year’s Eve

Year: 1978

Runtime: 17 mins

Language: German

Directors: Douglas Sirk, Hajo Gies

Drama

A short film created by director Douglas Sirk near the end of his career, made with one of his students. It adapts an Arthur Schnitzler piece and stars Hanna Schygulla. On a New Year’s Eve after the family dinner, she stands at a window while a young man entertains her, speaking of the woman he loves but who cannot be with them at that moment.

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