{"id":3474,"date":"2022-12-10T15:45:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T16:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/bremen\/?p=3474"},"modified":"2024-08-24T09:54:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T10:54:30","slug":"the-william-71-and-elke-durden-literary-series-at-bremen-5-the-hamlet-syndrome-to-be-or-not-to-be-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/bremen\/2022\/12\/10\/the-william-71-and-elke-durden-literary-series-at-bremen-5-the-hamlet-syndrome-to-be-or-not-to-be-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"The William \u201971 and Elke Durden Literary Series at Bremen #5: The Hamlet Syndrome – To Be or Not to Be in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

On November 29, 2002, we held the William \u201871 and Elke Durden Literary Series at Bremen, presenting a film about Ukraine called The Hamlet Syndrome<\/em> at the movie theater City 46. It was a pre-premiere of a documentary that will be officially released in Germany in January 2023 and has received several awards, including the Grand Prix de la Semaine de la Critique<\/em> for Best Film at the Locarno Film Festival. After the screening, Anja Quickert talked with the co-director Piotr Roso\u0142owski.\"\"<\/p>\n

The documentary The Hamlet Syndrome<\/em> (PL\/D 2022) was directed by Elwira Niewiera & Piotr Roso\u0142owski (original in Ukrainian, with German subtitles). It documented the rehearsals of the theater play The Hamlet Effect <\/em>which was produced with the support of the International Heiner M\u00fcller Society.<\/p>\n

\"\"A few months prior to Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, five young wom\u00aden and men participate in a unique stage production that attempts to relate their war experiences since 2014 to Shakespeare\u2019s Hamlet <\/em>and Heiner M\u00fcller\u2019s Hamletmachine<\/em>. For each of them, the stage is a platform to express their grief and trauma through the famous question, \u201cto be or not to be,\u201d a dilemma that applies to their own lives. The protagonists fight against disappointment, powerlessness, and anger, trying to put their lives back in order while processing their painful past: Slavik, who went through the hell of war and captivity as a soldier, Katia, who longs for her mother\u2019s forgiveness for joining the army, Rodion, who escaped from Donbas and is now fac\u00ading growing homophobia, Roman, who is still struggling with the traumatic memo\u00adries of his experience as a paramedic on the battlefield, and Oksana, who struggles on an artistic frontline as an actress.<\/p>\n

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Re-enacting being blackmailed to shoot<\/p><\/div>\n

The rehearsals of the play are combined with an intense glimpse into the characters\u2019 lives creating a powerful portrait of the generation coping with the trauma of war which now, after Russia invaded Ukraine again, is their present and future alike. The Hamlet Syndrome<\/em> is a powerful portrait of a vibrant young Ukrainian generation, the first one born after the collapse of the Soviet Union, shaped by the Maidan Revolution of 2013, empowered by political change and scarred by war.<\/p>\n

The Hamlet Syndrome<\/em> (2022) Trailer: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lbmFWXOhn4k<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Piotr Roso\u0142owski<\/strong> is a Polish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer based in Berlin. He graduated from the Katowice Film School and was awarded an Academy of Media Arts scholarship in Cologne. Co-author of\u00a0Rabbit a la Berlin\u00a0\u2013 Academy Award-nominated short documentary film and co-director of\u00a0Domino Effect<\/em>\u00a0with Elwira Niewiera. Their latest documentary film\u00a0The Prince and the Dybbuk<\/em> won the Lion for Best Documentary on Cinema at the 74th Venice Film Festival. Piotr also works as director of photography, he shot many awarded feature and short films, among them:\u00a0On the line<\/em>, dir. Reto Caffi \u2013 Academy Award-nominated short fiction,\u00a0The Wall of Shadows<\/em>, dir. Eliza Kubarska \u2013 awarded with the annual prize of Polish Society of Cinematographers.<\/p>\n

\"\"Elwira Niewiera<\/strong> is a director and scriptwriter born in 1976. She is the author of well-known and award-winning documentaries made together with Piotr Roso\u0142owski, such as The Domino Effect<\/em> (awarded with the Golden Horn and the Golden Hobby Horse at the 54th Krakow Film Festival as well as the Golden Dove at the IFF DOK Leipzig) and The Prince and the Dybbuk<\/em> (including the Golden Lion for the best documentary on cinema at the 74th Venice Film Festival and the Polish Film Award 2019 for the Best Documentary Film). In her artistic work, she focuses primarily on political, social and cultural transformations in Eastern Europe. She is the winner of the Young German Cinema Award 2020 and the prestigious American Chicken & Egg Award 2021.<\/p>\n

\"\"Anja Quickert<\/strong> lives in Berlin as a freelance writer (for Theater heute<\/em>, among others). Since 2011 she has been the managing director of the International Heiner M\u00fcller Society. She curates, produces and directs theater. In 2021, she co-edited the first overview of independent venues in Berlin: Andere R\u00e4ume \u2013 Die freien Spielst\u00e4tten in Berlin<\/em> and is a member of the DFG research group \u201cKrisengef\u00fcge der K\u00fcnste.\u201d<\/p>\n

This event of the \u201cWilliam \u201871 and Elke Durden Literary Series at Bremen\u201d was organized by the Durden Dickinson Bremen Program at the University of Bremen, in cooperation with the International Heiner M\u00fcller Society, RFF – Real Fiction Filmverleih e.K. and Kommunalkino Bremen e.V. \/ City 46. The evening was supported by Dickinson College, Pennsylvania, USA, and by William G. and Elke Durden, whose generous donation we gratefully acknowledge.<\/em><\/p>\n

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