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Open Campus Lawn
Summer Term 2024
Creature from the Black Lagoon

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Director: Jack Arnold | USA 1954 | 79 min | 35mm | German Dub Version | with Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Whit Bissell

Geologist Dr. Carl Maia discovers the fossil of a clawed hand in the Brazilian jungle. An investigation at the Morajo Bay Institute does not provide any clarity, so Maia sets out on an expedition to investigate the black lagoon more closely. After the first participants are found dead, the cause is soon revealed in the form of a human-like, scale-covered beast, which immediately falls in love with Maia's colleague and fiancée Kay Lawrence...

☞ Event starts at 20:00 with DJ, bar and much more.

☞ Pre-program from 21:15 with short films in glorious 16mm projection

☞ Film start from 21:30

Loan of the film print with kind support of Universal.
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Supporting Film: Chromophobia

Director: Raoul Servais | Belgium, France 1966 | 10 min | 16mm | Without dialogue

In a grey, uniform world, every trace of color is seen as subversive and systematically eliminated. When color begins to reappear, the state responds with brutal repression. This wordless animated film by Raoul Servais unfolds a surreal tale of control, fear, and resistance. A pioneering work of political animation in Europe—visually inventive, technically bold, and strikingly timeless.


Supporting Film: Concertissimo

Director: József Gémes | Hungary 1968 | 3 min | 16mm | Without dialogue

A grand orchestral concert falls out of sync as the musicians gradually break away from strict order. József Gémes condenses the breakdown of discipline into a sharp, almost slapstick short film lasting just under three minutes. The clear form and exaggeration quietly reflect the artistic spirit and social changes of late 1960s Hungary.