Abschied von Gestern (Yesterday Girl). 1965–66. Written and directed by Alexander Kluge

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Abschied von Gestern (Yesterday Girl). 1965–66. East Germany. Directed by Frank Beyer. Courtesy of Deutsche Kinemathek. © Kairos Film Alexander Kluge

Abschied von Gestern (Yesterday Girl). 1965–66. West Germany. Written and directed by Alexander Kluge. With Alexandra Kluge, Günter Mack, Eva Maria Meineke. 88 min.

Often cited as the film that launched the New German Cinema, Yesterday Girl displays a Godardian exuberance and manipulation of form as it tells the story of a Jewish East German refugee (Alexandra Kluge) and her attempts to find a place in the West—which include recourse to theft and an affair with a married government official. Enriched with intertitles, documentary segments, and quotations, the film systematically breaks with German filmmaking conventions.

This film accompanies Germany 66.

Thu, Apr 14, 2016, 4:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
Fri, Apr 8, 2016, 7:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2

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