Dir: Timm Kröger
Cast: Hanns Zischler, David Bennent, Olivia Ross, Philippe Graber, Gottfried Breitfuss, Jan Bülow
118 mins
German with English subtitles

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.

Ambitious, compelling and visually breathtaking, THE UNIVERSAL THEORY is a lush cinematic mystery not to be missed.

“Visually striking” The Hollywood Reporter
“A sight to behold” International Cinephile Society
“Ingenious” ★★★★ Time Out
“Superbly crafted” Variety
★★★★ CineVue

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