Film showing: Nerven/Nerves

Nerven/Nerves (110 min, Germany 1919, dir. Robert Reiner, German intertitles and English subtitles)
Cinematic attempt to capture the ‘nervous epidemic’ caused by war and misery which ‘drives people mad’, filmed on location in Munich in 1919. Precursor of German expressionist cinema of the 1920s.

Films will be introduced briefly before each screening. Non-English language films are shown in the original; whether subtitles are available is stated below.
Weekly screenings on Tuesdays, 6pm, in Room G.04
School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies
(University Road, campus map 38)
You are welcome to bring a drink or snack.