WASHINGTON FILM INSTITUTE
GOETHE-INSTITUT and MOLOTOV THEATRE GROUP
cordially invite you to a SCREENING of Fritz Lang’s “M” including a PANEL DISCUSSION with Jay Brock, Kerstin Gaddye, and Alex Zavistovich and a RECEPTION Following
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FRITZ LANG’S “M”
Directed by Fritz Lang
Written by Thea von Harbou, Fritz Lang, and Egon Jacobson
Starring: Peter Lorre, Hans Beckert, Ellen Widmann, Frau Beckmann, Inge Landgut, Elsie Beckmann
A simple, haunting musical phrase whistled offscreen tells us that a young girl will be killed. “Who Is the Murderer?” pleads a nearby placard as serial killer Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) closes in on little Elsie Beckmann . . . In his harrowing masterwork “M”, Fritz Lang merges trenchant social commentary with chilling suspense, creating a panorama of private madness and public hysteria that to this day remains the blueprint for the psychological thriller.
“Few films are gripping and effective 82 years after their original release, but this one surely is.” –Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
THURSDAY 3 APRIL 2014 @ 7PM
Panel Discussion / Introduction
Screening
Reception follows
Panelists:
Alex Zavistovich, President & Founder, Molotov Theatre Group
Kerstin Gaddy, Ph.D., Asst Dean of Undergraduate Programs, Catholic University
Moderated by Jay Brock, Clinical Assistant Professor, Catholic University, and Director of Molotov Theatre