First Monday Silent Film Series: Flesh and The Devil

Join us for our First Monday Silent Film Series in February for Flesh and the Devil starring John Gilbert in one of his best-known films, a young Greta Garbo in one of her first big roles and Lars Hanson who you may remember from November’s showing of the Scarlet Letter. Live musical accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis.

Directed by Clarence Brown based on Herman Sudermannn’s novel The Undying Past this 1926 film was selected in 2006 for preservation on the US National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.

When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo meets the stunning Felicitas at a railway station and is mesmerized by her beauty. A scandal follows, for which Leo is sent away. Returning home three years later, he discovers that much has changed.