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Wednesday 21 September 2016 at 20:00
CERN Council Chamber

The Phantom Carriage
 

Directed by Victor Sjöström
Sweden, 1921, 93 minutes

The story is based on an old Swedish folk tale which states that the last man to die just before the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve is doomed to drive the Phantom Carriage for the following year collecting all of the spirits of the dead. When David Holm proves to be that man, he learns of the selfish life he has led and how it has impacted on people around him.

Original version Swedish; English subtitles

Wednesday 28 September 2016 at 20:00
CERN Council Chamber

Vampyr
 

Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
Germany / France, 1932, 75 minutes

Traveler Allan Grey arrives in the village of Courtempierre and takes lodgings in a small inn. Grey has a great interest in the supernatural, particularly vampires. He's barely settled in when he feels a sinister force descending upon him. In the night an old man enters his room to tell him 'she must not die'. One of the old man's daughters, Leone, has been bitten by a vampire. In order to break the curse, Grey and Leone's sister Gisele must find the original vampire and drive a stake through her heart.

Original version German; English subtitles

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