Friday, 24.4.2026, From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Urania Film Soirée 2026: Irma & Irma. A film with Irma Mico and Irma Schwager


This year, the MSL Club is once again hosting a film soirée in cooperation with VHS Urania. The film screening and discussion are being held to commemorate the release of Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky from Aichach Prison. At the same time, we are continuing the tradition of film screenings at the Urania organised by the Women’s Committee, which was founded by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky.

Film: Irma & Irma. A film with Irma Mico and Irma Schwager
Director: Hannes Gellner
French original with English subtitles

Location: VHS Wiener Urania, Uraniastraße 1, 1010 Vienna
Cost: €10
Further information about the event can be found here.
 
Project management: Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky Club
Welcome: News from the Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky Club
Introductory remarks: Elisabeth Holzinger
Discussion about the film and the topic of women in the resistance against the Nazi regime

Irma Schwager and Irma Mico are 22 and 28 years old, respectively. From July 1942 onwards, these Jewish communists play a strategic role in the resistance against the Nazi occupation and the Vichy regime in Paris. They seek direct contact with Wehrmacht soldiers and engage in a dangerous game of seduction and political persuasion. Their goal is to destabilise the German troops in Paris and encourage army personnel to desert. The two women did not know each other during their time in Paris, but their stories are strikingly similar. They attained positions of responsibility in the Resistance, a male-dominated milieu, and fought courageously and resolutely for peace.



 
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