In the Mirror of My Mother at Schauburg Filmpalast: A Drama about Memory and Loss
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In the Mirror of My Mother: A Psychological Drama Between Moor, Memory, and Loss
When a mummified corpse from the past rises from the moor, the life of archaeologist Ursula Scheuner also becomes unbalanced. On November 10, 2026, the Schauburg Filmpalast in Gelsenkirchen will show Jutta Brückner's compelling drama In the Mirror of My Mother featuring Corinna Harfouch, Carla Juri, and Hildegard Schmahl. The performance in the KoKi series starts at 5:45 PM and leads into a cinematic world where the present and memory increasingly intertwine.
A Discovery of a Corpse as the Start of an Inner Earthquake
Ursula Scheuner is a renowned archaeologist and university professor. During an excavation in the moor, she makes a sensational find that could save her financially strapped institute. At the same time, her mother passes away. As Ursula encounters traces of her childhood while cleaning out her parents' home, the familiar order loses its contours.
Jutta Brückner combines a science thriller, psychodrama, and mystery into a multifaceted production. The moor becomes an image for the hidden, while the family home serves as an inner stage: Each room opens a new memory, and each object carries the tension of an unresolved relationship.
Corinna Harfouch in a Role Full of Ambivalences
Corinna Harfouch portrays Ursula as a highly intelligent, controlled woman whose self-confidence cracks under the pressure of the past. Grief, guilt, relief, and defense lie close together in her performance. The acting relies not only on spoken words but also on glances, pauses, and a palpable shift in inner balance.
Hildegard Schmahl embodies the deceased mother as an overpowering presence that continues to influence Ursula's perception even after her death. Carla Juri brings a mysterious energy to the story as the new assistant Mel. She knows remarkably much about Ursula's past and leads the protagonist deeper into a labyrinth of memories, illusions, and truths.
Dramaturgy Between Closeness, Dependence, and Freedom
At the center of the production is a mother-daughter relationship characterized by both closeness and distance. Brückner asks about female life designs, familial bonds, and the difficult process of breaking free from inherited roles. Three generations of women encounter each other in the fields of tension between love and rejection, care and overwhelm, dependence and freedom.
The film concludes Jutta Brückner's autobiographically based mother-daughter trilogy. Thus, In the Mirror of My Mother stands within a longer engagement in theater and film history with female biographies, feminist social analysis, and the invisible aftereffects of familial experiences.
A Dense Atmosphere Between Mirror and Moor Landscape
The visual design by Daniela Knapp enhances the psychological tension with clearly composed spaces and an atmosphere of the uncanny. Mirrors, moorland, and the construction site at Ursula's faculty become visual metaphors for memory, repression, and social change. The 95-minute performance unfolds its effect not through external effects but through precise dramaturgy and the concentrated presence of the ensemble.
The audience's reaction is likely to oscillate between unease, contemplation, and emotional upheaval. The film demands attention and rewards it with a multifaceted reflection on remembering, aging, and the question of how much one's identity remains shaped by the mother's gaze.
Conclusion: An Intense Stage Experience in the Cinema
In the Mirror of My Mother promises an extraordinary stage experience in the dark cinema: a precise production, strong acting, and an atmospherically charged story about loss, family secrets, and female self-determination. Those who appreciate psychologically dense cinema with social depth and compelling theater atmosphere will experience a film that continues to resonate long after the credits roll.
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