The Universal Theory

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The Universal Theory

Friday 10 January 2025 - Wednesday 15 January 2025

Cinema

Ambitious, compelling and visually breathtaking, Timm Kröger’s outstanding film, The Universal Theory is a stunning cinematic mystery that blends in a mind-bending metaphysical narrative…

1962. Against the towering landscape of the post-war Swiss Alps, a gifted young physicist meets an elusive pianist– one who knows things about him that he’s never told another living soul.

Before he knows it, his curiosity traps him inside a mind-bending metaphysical web of murder and mystery.

Drawing on the cinema of masters like Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch and Fritz Lang, director Timm Kröger impeccably blends past and present, black and white, reality and the surreal, to create something utterly unique. 

‘The Universal Theory is one of a kind — a visually dazzling retro exercise in paranoid Alpine sci-fi noir.’ Financial Times ★★★★★

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Certificate: 15

Length: 133 minutes

Director: Timm Kröger

Cast: Jan Bülow, Gottfried Breitfuss and Philippe Graber

Language: German, French and Italian with English subtitles

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Dates and times

Friday 10 January 2025 | 2:30 pm

Saturday 11 January 2025 | 1:45 pm

Wednesday 15 January 2025 | 10:15 am

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