Synopsis:

This is a silent film adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel about Oliver Twist, a boy who grew up in an orphanage. His mother died in childbirth and he, always hungry, was forced to start working from an early age under very harsh conditions. Eventually, he manages to run away to London and there meets an older boy who offers him food and lodging. However, it turns out the boy is a member of a gang of kids who work as pickpockets for a scoundrel called Fagin…

digital, b/w, 98 min

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Thursday 05.04.2012 AT 21:00

Wednesday 04.04.2012 AT 19:00

Synopsis:

The version of the classic Charles Dickens story of Pip, an orphaned British boy who is befriended by a mysterious benefactor who enables him to become a gentleman of means... This film won two Oscars (nominated for 4 - including the category the best director and screenplay)

b/w, 118'

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Thursday 05.04.2012 AT 19:00

Wednesday 04.04.2012 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

This is a film adaptation of Dickens’ novel starring John Howard Davies as Twist and Alec Guinness as Fagin, the leader of the gang of young pickpockets that Oliver joins after arriving in London. At the time it was made, the film created controversy because of how Alec Guinness’ character was supposedly depicted in an anti-Semitic manner. It was shown in the US three years after its premiere in London, in a shortened version, while it was completely banned in Israel and Egypt.

b/w, 105'

PROJECTION:

Saturday 07.04.2012 AT 21:00

Friday 06.04.2012 AT 19:00

Synopsis:

This is the film adaptation of Dickens’ Christmas classic about an old miser, Ebenezer Scrooge. On Christmas Eve his nephew asks permission to leave work early to celebrate the holiday with his family. Scrooge agrees but says that he won’t pay him for that day. After the nephew leaves, Scrooge gets a visit from the ghost of his former business partner who tells him that three more ghosts will appear from the past, present and future. They will attempt to show him the error of his ways before it...

digital, b/w, 86 min

PROJECTION:

Saturday 07.04.2012 AT 19:00

Friday 06.04.2012 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

Samuel Pickwick is the leader of a social club that studies human behavior. The various members of the club take notes on all the interesting events they experience and travel around the country attempting to learn more about human nature. On their travels, they meet Mr. Jingle, a traveling charlatan and swindler who wins people over with his charm. Thanks to their own (bumbling) lack of grace and skill, the members of the club find themselves in awkward situations, while Samuel is to wind up in...

digital, b/w, 109 min

PROJECTION:

Wednesday 11.04.2012 AT 21:00

Tuesday 10.04.2012 AT 19:00

Synopsis:

During the French revolution, a young French girl named Lucie Manette falls in love with an Englishman, Charles Darnay. Sydney Carton, an English barrister who at one time defended Charles against accusations of treason, also happens to be in love with Lucie. However, neither Lucie nor Sydney knows Charles’ real identity: he is in fact an exiled French aristocrat. To further complicate things, his father, the marquis Evrémonde, is the main culprit behind Lucie’s father’s eighteen years in the Ba...

digital, b/w, 117 min

PROJECTION:

Wednesday 11.04.2012 AT 19:00

Tuesday 10.04.2012 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

Dickens’ classic was made into a musical based on the successful theatre play by Lionel Bart, premiering in 1960 in London’s West End. In 1963, the play was performed on Broadway. Four years later, this film was made. For the purposes of the musical, the story was simplified but the main theme about the orphan Oliver remained the same. The film won six Oscars including the one for Best Film, Best Director, Original Music and the honorary award for choreography.

digital, color, 153 min

PROJECTION:

Sunday 15.04.2012 AT 19:00

Thursday 12.04.2012 AT 19:00