History Lessons Geschichtsunterricht Dir. Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub Germany, Italy 1972 Lithuanian, English subtitles 1.25 "History Lessons" is based on an unfinished novel by Bertolt Brecht. The film follows a young man who meets various people who witnessed the rise to power of Caesar in their own time. The camera, following the young man driving through Rome, captures the vast cityscape and invites viewers to confront the remnants and ruins of the Roman Empire. According to Straub, through this dialogue between the past and present, "the film reveals the origins of the connections between economics, democracy, capitalism and imperialism." N-13