Cafe Electric, 1927 May 3, 2012

Thursday, May 3 – 7:30 PM
CAFE ELECTRIC, 1927, Sud-Film, 91 min. Dir. Gustav Ucicky. Wealthy party girl Erni (Marlene Dietrich) and purse snatcher Ferdi (Willi Forst) meet one night at the infamous Café Electric, a local haunt for the lower depths of society. Erni is more smitten than the duplicitous Ferdi, and agrees to help him pay off his sizable gambling debt - by stealing from her successful contractor father. This early Dietrich gem is not to be missed! [DVD] Live piano music by renowned Austrian silent film accompaniest Gerhard Gruber. Gruber also will be performing at the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival on May 6 - check www.lajfilmfest.org for info.

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