»I discovered this story 7 years ago in a sidebar of the Lonely Planet guide on a family trip to Iceland and raced to my computer to find the film that must have been made about it. How could you get 9 out of 10 women anywhere to do the same thing at the same time? And how could the world not know about this unprecedented act of civil disobedience that transformed Icelandic society into an inspiration for us all?« — Pamela Hogan, Director

Content:
»EIN TAG OHNE FRAUEN« (»The Day Iceland Stood Still« | Iceland/USA 2024, 71 min)
What if every woman simply took a day off...

»When 90 per cent of Icelandic women downed tools and left their homes on an autumn morning in 1975, refusing to work, cook or look after their children, they brought their country to a standstill and catapulted Iceland to the status of ›the best place in the world to be a woman‹.

Told for the first time by the women themselves and featuring playful animations, EIN TAG OHNE FRAUEN is subversive and unexpectedly funny. ›We loved our chauvinistic pigs,‹ recalls one of the activists, ›we just wanted to change them a little!‹ The film [was] released in time for the 50th anniversary of the strike in 2025, and with its message about the collective power of women to change their society, it encourages us to rethink what is possible.« (Translation of the distributor's announcement text, Rise & Shine Cinema)

Trailer:   please click here

Date:   Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Time:   7 PM 

Location:   Maurice Halbwachs Auditorium (University Library, Steubenstr. 6, Haus F)

Language:   Icelandic and English with German subtitles

FREE ADMISSION