Cycle

From 23.11. To 10.12.2009.

Program of films by Fritz Lang II

Program of films by Fritz Lang II

 

Films in cycle

Destiny

(Der müde Todd, Germany, 1921)

Directed by: Fritz Lang
PHOTOGRAPHY: Bruno Mondi, Erich Nitzschmann, Herrmann Saalfrank, Bruno Timm, Fritz Arno Wagner
Synopsis:

A young couple spends a night in a village inn. During the night, the young man is abducted by Death, which hides behind the glass wall without doors. Through three similar stories we learn that the man has never been saved. The girl realizes the meaning of the stories and does the only thing that will enable her to reunite with her boyfriend.

b/w, 114'
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 24.11.2009 AT 19:00
Monday 23.11.2009 AT 20:00

Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler

(Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler I: Der grosse Spieler, ein Bild der Zeit, Germany, 1922)

Directed by: Fritz Lang
PHOTOGRAPHY: Carl Hoffmann
Synopsis:

Doktor Mabuse is a thief and a liar who uses his hypnotic skills to get what he wants. He is the head of a criminal organization in Berlin. Inspector von Wenck will not catch him easily…

b/w, 155'
PROJECTION:
Thursday 26.11.2009 AT 19:00
Wednesday 25.11.2009 AT 19:00

Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler, Inferno

(Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler II: Inferno, ein Spiel Menschen unserer Zeit, Germany, 1922)

Directed by: Fritz Lang
PHOTOGRAPHY: Carl Hoffmann
Synopsis:

This is the sequel to the first film about Dr Mabuse, in which he and inspector Wenck finally confront each other. The two films about Dr Mabuse are a masterpieces of the criminal and adventure film genre.

b/w, 115'
PROJECTION:
Thursday 26.11.2009 AT 21:00
Wednesday 25.11.2009 AT 21:00

Die Nibelungen - part I

(Die Nibelungen: Siegfried, Germany, 1924)

Directed by: Fritz Lang
PHOTOGRAPHY: Carl Hoffmann, Günther Rittau, Walter Ruttmann
Synopsis:

Siegfried, son of the king Sigmund, hears gossip about the beautiful princess Kriemhild, king of Worms Gunther’s sister, and decides to meet her. On the way, Sigmund kills a dragon and finds treasure. Soon, Gunther promises Siegfried Kriemhild’s hand if he helps him seduce queen of Iceland Brunhild. They manage to accomplish this but only thanks to a trick that leads to tragic events.

b/w, silent, 150'
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 01.12.2009 AT 19:00
Monday 30.11.2009 AT 19:00

Die Nibelungen - part II

(Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache, Germany, 1924)

Directed by: Fritz Lang
PHOTOGRAPHY: Carl Hoffmann, Günther Rittau
Synopsis:

After Siegfried’s death, Kriemhild swears to avenge him. From her brother, king Gunthera, she asks for Hagen Tronje’s head, who has murdered her husband. However, Gunther refuses her. Soon, with the aid of an intermediary, Attila, king of the Huns starts to court her. After he promises her to honor her forever and defend her honor, she agrees to marry him, leaves her home country and gives birth to their son. Soon she asks Attila to invite her brothers to visit. Then she asks for Hagen Tronje’s...

b/w, silent, 131'
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 01.12.2009 AT 21:00
Monday 30.11.2009 AT 21:00

M

(M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder, Germany, 1931)

Directed by: Fritz Lang
PHOTOGRAPHY: Fritz Arno Wagner
Synopsis:

The police are searching for a psychotic murderer of children. The intensive police action results in a total blockade of the criminal underground, so the criminals decide to help the police in their search for the killer.

b/w, 109'
PROJECTION:
Thursday 03.12.2009 AT 21:00
Wednesday 02.12.2009 AT 19:00

Dr. Mabuses Testament

(Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse, Germany, France, 1933)

Directed by: Fritz Lang
PHOTOGRAPHY: Karl Vash, Fritz Arno Wagner
Synopsis:

This is Lang’s second sound film and the second part of the two-part film Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1921). Dr. Mabuse is in a mental hospital treated by the professor Baum. Soon a detective arrives to the hospital who went crazy after he uncovered a criminal conspiracy. Unfortunately, he did not have time to let inspector Lohmann know the name of the man is behind the conspiracy.

b/w, 122'
PROJECTION:
Thursday 03.12.2009 AT 19:00
Wednesday 02.12.2009 AT 21:00

Fury

(1936)

Directed by: Fritz Lang
PHOTOGRAPHY: Joseph Ruttenberg
Synopsis:

Fritz Lang’s first Hollywood film deals with mob mentality and violence that the mob is capable of committing. On his way to visit his fiancée Katherine, Joe Wilson passes through a small town where he is, based on very dubious evidence, accused of kidnapping a child. The word of his arrest spreads through the town and a mob gathers in font of the prison demanding the prisoner. When the sheriff refuses them, the enraged mob sets the prison on fire…

35mm, b/w, 90 min
PROJECTION:
Monday 07.12.2009 AT 21:00
Friday 04.12.2009 AT 19:00

Western union

(1941)

Directed by: Fritz Lang
PHOTOGRAPHY: Edward Cronjager, Allen M. Davey
Synopsis:

Vance Shaw is a former outlaw trying to become a decent citizen. He works for Western Union and together with an engineer from Harvard, Richard Blake, works on setting up a telephone connection between Omaha and Salt Lake City. His former criminal friends try to stop him. In addition, Vance and Shaw compete for Sue Creighton, their bosses’ sister.

digital, color, 95 min
PROJECTION:
Monday 07.12.2009 AT 19:00
Friday 04.12.2009 AT 21:00

Man hunt

(1941)

Directed by: Fritz Lang
PHOTOGRAPHY: Arthur C. Miller
Synopsis:

British professional hunter spends his vacation in Bavaria near Hitler’s house. Accidentally he manages to aim Hitler himself with his rifle. He puts a bullet in the rifle and is about to shoot but is caught by SS officers. They beat him up and take to the security chief. He claims that he was just practicing shooting and refuses to sign a confession on attempted assassination. By coincidence, he manages to escape from Hitler’s estate and secretly boards a ship to England. German secret service...

35mm, b/w, 105 min
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 09.12.2009 AT 21:00
Tuesday 08.12.2009 AT 19:00

The Woman in the Window

(1944)

Directed by: Fritz Lang
PHOTOGRAPHY: Milton R. Krasner
Synopsis:

A married professor, Richard Wanley, is obsessed by a portrait of a beautiful woman named Alice Reed which hangs in a shop window next to a gentlemen’s club. Soon, he meets the beautiful woman from the portrait. While visiting her in her apartment, her lover attacks him, and the professor kills him in self defense. Afterwards he becomes a victim of blackmail and a suspect for the police…

35mm, b/w, 99 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 10.12.2009 AT 19:00
Wednesday 09.12.2009 AT 19:00
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