In the organizer's words:

BRD 1997, feature film, 60 min, FSK 12

Director: Christoph Schlingensief

Language: OmeU (German with English subtitles)

Content Notes: 1, 7

The survivors of the Fassbinder family come together once again to shoot the very last New German Film on the Potsdamer Platz construction site, a remake of Pasolini's The 120 Days of Sodom.
Everything goes wrong: director Schlingensief is demoted to production manager and replaced by a certain Sönke Buckmann, who is promptly presented with the Federal Film Award by Katja Riemann. Film as nightmare - or vice versa. (...) The 120 Days of Bottrop is an homage and swan song to Fassbinder, to the eccentricity and madness of a bygone era - and at the same time a harsh blow to German cinematic art.

The film screening will be followed by a lecture by Dr. Mirjam Schaub, Professor of Cultural Philosophy and Aesthetics at the Department of Design at HAW Hamburg. Her articles on philosophy, visual arts, film and literature have appeared in the taz, Freitag and the feature sections of ZEIT and FAZ, among others. She is particularly interested in the philosophy of art, film and culture as well as political philosophy. Her two-volume comparative cultural philosophy on radicalism will be published by Felix Meiner Verlag in November 2025.

The event takes place as part of the exhibition "NACH Christoph Schlingensief" (3.10.2025 - 24.1.2026) at 47m Contemporary. With the solo exhibition "AFTER Christoph Schlingensief", the Kunstverein 47m Contemporary is showing Christoph Schlingensief (1960-2010). With selected films and his last installation, the exhibition opens up and links varying approaches to his artistic approach. It shows how he consistently worked with unfinished forms in order to activate the audience - an approach that continues to have an impact today. Throughout his life, he transcended the boundaries of film, theater, visual arts and opera and combined calculated settings with the chance of the moment, directly incorporating the reactions of the audience and public into the artistic process. The exhibition is curated by Yana Kadykova and Erik Swars.

ENG: The survivors of the Fassbinder family meet on Potsdamer Platz for the shooting of the Last New German Film - a remake of Pasolini's The 120 Days of Sodom. Chaos total: Director Schlingensief, degraded to a set manager, will be replaced by an nknown, who gets the Bundesfilmpreis award. Film as a nightmare - or vice versa. (...) Part parody, part heartfelt homage, THE 120 DAYS OF BOTTROP gives New German Cinema its final coup de grâce. (German with English subtitles)

The screening will be followed by a lecture by Dr. Mirjam Schaub, Professor of Cultural Philosophy and Aesthetics in the Department of Design at HAW Hamburg. Her articles on philosophy, visual art, film and literature have been published in taz, der Freitag, and in the arts sections of Die Zeit and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). Her research focuses on the philosophy of art, film and culture as well as political philosophy. Her two-volume comparative monograph of radicality in
cultural philosophy is due to be published by Felix Meiner Verlag in November 2025.

The screening is part of the additional program of the exhibition "NACH Christoph Schlingensief" (3 October 2025 - 24 January 2026) at 47m Contemporary. With the solo presentation "NACH Christoph chlingensief", 47m Contemporary presents Christoph Schlingensief (1960-2010). Through selected films and his last installation, the exhibition opens up and interweaves different approaches to Schlingensief's artistic attitude. It demonstrates how he consistently employed unfinished forms to activate audiences-an approach that continues to resonate to this day. Throughout his life, he crossed the boundaries of film, theater, visual art, and opera, combining carefully orchestrated structures with the contingencies of the moment, which drew the reactions of audiences and the public directly into the artistic process. The exhibition is curated by Yana Kadykova and Erik Swars.

Filmtext: Filmgalerie 451

Ticket info
The movie ticket is also valid as a one-time admission ticket to the exhibition for the entire exhibition period. If you purchase it in advance (online or at the cinema box office), it also includes the curator's tour with Yana Kadykova on 13.12.2025, 1 pm, at 47m Contemporary with a surcharge of 2 EUR.

The cinema ticket is also valid as a one-time admission ticket to the exhibition for the entire exhibition period. If you purchase it in advance (online or at the box office), showing it also entitles
you to join the curator's tour with Yana Kadykova on 13.12.2025 at 1 p.m. at 47m Contemporary for an additional charge of 2 EUR.

In cooperation with / a cooperation with 47m Contemporary

Price information:

- 7.50 € (regular) - 6.00 € (reduced*) - 3.50 € (with Leipzig Pass, disabled pass, volunteer pass) - Films longer than 130 min: + 1.00 € - Tickets are available online (plus 0.70 € booking fee), remaining tickets at the Box Office.