The melancholy life of a hotel doorman (Emil Jannings in a mighty performance) is the subject of F.W. Murnau's 1924 masterpiece, a triumph both technical and spiritual. 90 minutes. (DVD projection.)

This screening is part four of the series Caligari's Children: The Great Age of German Cinema.

For a time, no national cinema was more exciting and innovative. Film critic and Magic Lantern curator Robert Horton hosts a journey through the early, and greatest, years of the German cinema: three ninety-minute lectures (with film clips) and three film screenings. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Munich Secession and America.