90TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING
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1931
Director: FRITZ LANG
PETER LORRE
ALL SEATS $12.00
DIGITAL CINEMA PRESENTATION
In Weimar Berlin, a serial killer is preying on children, and the city is on edge. Pulling out all the stops, the police conduct daring raids of known criminals, disrupting the city's underworld. And so both gangsters, eager to get back to business, and police, eager to keep from looking like fools, work separately on the same goal: to capture the elusive murderer. Peter Lorre, in his first starring role, imbued his character with profound compassion. Fritz Lang simultaneously created the first serial killer film and the first police procedural, all the while condemning both the police and criminal states that flourished in his day. One of the most complex and disturbing films ever made.
