Germany | 1918 | Ernst Lubitsch

This early Lubitsch adaptation casts the silent film tragedienne Pola Negri as the spell-binding, wonderfully wicked Carmen. The film retells Prosper Merimée’s classic tale of a Romani woman who seduces a military officer and sends each of them on a trajectory of dramatic self-destruction. 4K Restoration by the F.W. Murnau Stiftung. English intertitles. 94 min. Co-presented by the Cleveland Silent Film Festival and Colloquium.

http://kinolorber.com/film/carmen-1918

Special admission $14; members, CIA/CSU I.D. holders, age 25 & under $11; no passes.