Are you German or have German Ancestry?
......... you may enjoy this event.
A Speial Invitation from the German-American Cultural Center- Library, of the Sacramento Turn Verein
It is the ninth year that the Turn Verein's German-American Cultural Center – Library, has presented – obviously by popular demand – the film, “Die Feuerzangenbowle." And would you believe that this German film (now with English subtitles) is now 70 years old, and that the custom of the Feuerzangenbowle drink (we might call it “burnt punch”) is much older?
The film stars a
favorite German actor of the 1940s, Heinz Rühmann, playing the role of a
university professor with a doctorate degree.
When he and his friends, all in
their 60s and 70s, get together to indulge in the heart-warming
Feuerzangenbowle drink, they get carried away by telling stories of their
school years, remembering all the nasty tricks they played on their teachers
when they were young.
In Germany today,
“Die Feuerzangenbowle” is a cult film.
Whenever it is ready to be shown, university students prepare by
gathering up manual alarm clocks, flashlights, and small bits of paper, which
they crumple into spitballs, to be put to work at the appropriate times, as
dictated by the film.
University
students in Germany today bring their mulled hot wine with them in thermos
bottles, but we're going to do it up right at the Turn Verein by serving you
the very same wine drink that you see warming beneath the flame of the
Feuerzangenbowle in the first scene of this film.
About halfway
through the film, we'll pause to let you enjoy both the visual delight and
taste of the glowing and steaming
Feuerzangenbowle. Then we'll return to
watch the remainder of the movie. You'll find this to be an experience you
won't soon forget!
THE DETAILS:
What: The
showing of the 1944 film, "Die Feuerzangenbowle," with English
subtitles
When: Friday, January 17, 2014, beginning at 7:00
p.m. Join us!
Where: In the Banquet Hall of the Sacramento Turn
Verein, 3349 J Street, Sacramento
Admission: $15.00, which includes refreshments and
the Feuerzangenbowle drink itself, with seconds if you like. (Other beverages
will be available for purchase. No alcoholic drinks will be served to minors.)
The famous punch: Warmed and spiced red wine, into
which sugar drips from a Zuckerhut (a German sugar loaf) soaked in rum,
and set alight – a beautiful sight, especially when the lights are turned down.
(You'll see!)
Wikipedia for more information on the movie
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