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Forum Museum

Museum in film: Francofonia (2016), directed by Alexander Sokurov
  • Tuesday, 9-1-2024 | 6 p.m. Uhr
  • free entry
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  • For Adults
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“Francofonia” is a thought-provoking and visually captivating film. Set in the Louvre, it explores the deep relationship between art, history and humanity. The film focuses on the complex dynamic between Jacques Jaujard, a French museum director, and Count Franziskus Wolff-Metternich, a Nazi officer, during the German occupation of Paris.

With breathtaking cinematography and poetic narration, the film raises existential questions about the preservation of culture and the universal significance of art in times of conflict and chaos.