Stephanie LaCava presents: Rudolf Thome's RED SUN (1970)
On occasion of Stephanie LaCava's new novel NYMPH, we present a screening of this vibrant artsploitation film, a stylish and eccentric stand-out from the New German Cinema movement.
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Nov 05, 2025, 8:00 PM
2220 Arts + Archives, 2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057, USA
RED SUN (Rote sonne)
directed by Rudolf Thome
1970, Germany, 89m, DCP
Followed by a conversation with Stephanie LaCava, author of NYMPH, moderated by film critic Sarah Fensom
doors/bar: 7:30
film: 8:00
In Rudolf Thome’s vibrant artsploitation film RED SUN, Thomas (Marquard Bohm), a lazy and peculiarly attractive man, has left his wife and daughter to reconnect with ex-girlfriend Peggy (Uschi Obermaier), who lives in a house with four stylish and beautiful women. But these women operate under a deadly pact: they must kill any romantic conquest after five days, putting Thomas at risk. Released the same year the Red Army Faction was founded, Thome's hypnotizing fantasy portrays an all-female revolutionary cell with pop aesthetics and a cooled-out pace, and it remains an eccentric stand-out from the German New Wave movement.
In German with English subtitles. A Radiance Films release. Special thanks to Bret Berg (American Genre Film Archive) and Christopher Norris. Flyer by @steakmtn.
Stephanie LaCava is a writer based in New York City. Her debut novel The Superrationals was published by Semiotext(e) in 2020. I Fear My Pain Interests You was published to global acclaim in 2022. Her latest novel, NYMPH, is forthcoming this October.
Sarah Fensom is a writer living in Los Angeles.