As always the Metropolis Association is ahead of everyone else in Lebanon, helping you to uncover hidden gems of the silver screen. In partnership with The Goethe-Institut Beirut and the Russian Cultural Center, masterpieces of German and Russian Cinema will be screened at the Metropolis Empire Sofil from Dec 9 until Dec 13. The movies are listed below:

The Battleship Potemkin by Sergueï Eisenstein with Live music by Joelle Khoury on piano, Russia, 1926, 70 min, 35mm, Russian intertitles, English subtitles. Dec 9, 8pm

The Living Corpse by Fedor Ozep, Germany/Russia, 1929, 112 min, 35mm, German intertitles, English subtitles. Dec 10, 7pm

Mother Krause’s Journey To Hapiness by Phil Jutzi, Germany, 1929, 104 min, 35mm, German intertitles, English subtitles. Dec 10, 9.30pm

The Last Laugh by F. W. Murnau with live music by guitarist Mike Cooper, Germany, 1924, 80 min, 35mm, English intertitles. Dec 11, 7pm

The Cigarette Girl From Mosselprom by Jury Zhelabushski, Russia, 1924, 79 min, DVD, Russian intertitles, English subtitles. Dec 11, 9.30pm

Revolt Of The Fisherman by Erwin Piscator, Russia, 1934, 89 min, 35mm, Russian, English subtitles. Dec 12, 7pm

9:30 PM
The Deserter by Vsevolod Pudovkin, Russia, 1933, 102 min, DVD, Russian intertitles, English subtitles. Dec 12, 9.30pm

Special screenings, Commemoration of the Centenary of the death of Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910):

Polikushka by Aleksandr Sanin, Russia, 1922, 57 min, 35mm, Russian intertitles, English subtitles. Dec 13, 7pm

Anna Karenina by Clarence Brown, USA, 1935, 95 min, DVD, English, no subtitles. Dec 13, 7pm