Filmed in 1921, this classic silent Czech film offers a fascinating, if troubling, representation of Jews and antisemitism in 19th Century Europe. Tormented by his childhood memory of his Jewish mother being crucified during a pogrom, her illegitimate son, now a student, is determined to find out what has happened to her. This recent restoration, accompanied by newly commissioned electronic music from Dizzock & False Trance, enhances the film’s unsettling and atmospheric qualities.
Boris Orlický, Czechoslovakia 1921 (restored in 2020), 59 mins. Czech intertitles with English subtitles.
Cast: Karel Lamač, Nataša Cyganková, Alexandr Šuvalov.
- Admission: £15 (UK Jewish Film Members: 20% off)
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Part of the UK Jewish Film Festival 2023, 9th-19 November.
Part of the 27th Made In Prague Festival (3rd November – 10th December 2023) organized by the Czech Centre London.
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