
Königstraße 38-40, 23552 Lübeck
The Filmhaus Lübeck on Königstraße is an arthouse cinema in the UNESCO World Heritage old town of the Hanseatic city. It programmes independent, international and repertory film. The Holstentor stands nearby, and the surrounding streets are lined with Gothic churches, merchant houses and narrow passages. Lübeck is the home town of Thomas Mann, and of marzipan. The house is small.
In 1949, German writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika embark on a road trip across a Germany in ruins, from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar.

The everyday life of a married couple at a turning point: Lore wants a divorce—after almost 40 years of marriage.
A plot of land, a house by the lake, its changing inhabitants. This one plot of land reflects 70 years of German history from Weimar, the Nazis, the war, the Soviet occupation and reconstruction to the fall of the GDR.