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Boulder Jewish Film Festival: Rosenthal The Great Showman
Thursday, October 29 at Grace Gamm Theatre, Boulder
About this event
TICKETS Thursday, October 29 at 6:30 p.m. In 1978, Hans Rosenthal is Germany’s most popular entertainer, a beloved game show host who brought joy to millions. He embodies cheerful optimism for a nation eager to move forward. What his adoring public does not know is that he is Jewish and privately nursing deep wounds from surviving the Holocaust. The great showman faces a moral dilemma when the demands of his career and his Jewish heritage come into conflict. Based on a true story, this German biographical drama portrays a man caught between public popularity and private conscience, an eager-to-please performer facing an agonizing moment of truth. Feature/92 minutes/In German/2025 Directed by Oliver Haffner
What to expect
The story is set in 1978. Rosenthal is a cheerful, beloved host, and few viewers know he is Jewish and a Holocaust survivor. The film follows him as his career and his heritage collide. Haffner made it with the Rosenthal family's involvement, and some characters and conversations are fictionalized. It is a quiet character study in German, with English subtitles likely, rather than a broad comedy.
Why go
The Boulder Jewish Film Festival is an annual eight-day program of Jewish world cinema, hosted by the Boulder JCC and held largely at the Dairy. This film shows the man behind a public persona, and it suits anyone interested in postwar German history or in how entertainment and memory pull against each other. The Grace Gamm is a small, 116-seat theater, so the screening feels close and attentive.
Where
Grace Gamm Theatre · Walnut Street · Boulder CODirections
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