Cinematheque – Hall
A thunderstorm, a signalman’s hut, a fateful night: Gustav Machatý’s *Erotikon* tells the story of young Andrea, who falls for a passing seducer – and meets him again years later.
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Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum für Film und Fernsehen
With bold close-ups and a visual language of desire that was astonishingly free for its time, this film, starring Ita Rina, ranks among the masterpieces of late Czech silent cinema.
Introduction: Tereza Frodlová (film restorer at the Národní filmový archiv)
Czechoslovakia 1929, directed by Gustav Machatý, DCP, silent film with newly composed music by Jana Vöröšová for the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Czech intertitles with English subtitles, 85 mins
Special screening as part of the film retrospective ‘So Far Away, Yet So Close!’. A contribution to the Year of Czech Culture in Germany.
In collaboration with the National Film Archive and the Slovak Film Institute, as well as Zeughauskino and Kino Krokodil.
Supported by the Capital City Culture Fund and the German-Czech Future Fund.
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Dates
November 2026
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