German film: The Inheritors, squared

The German-language film series will start off the new year with a dash of double vision: two acclaimed films from Austria whose titles translate as The Inheritors.

The first Inheritors (1984, Walter Bannert), to screen on Friday, January 14, is a compelling study of neofascism in contemporary Austria. Winner of numerous festival prizes, the movie—which follows 16-year-old Thomas’s gradual immersion into a neo-Nazi youth organization—was described as “extraordinary, strong and perceptive” by the New York Post.

On February 18, Stefan Ruzowitzky’s 1998 film of the same name will be presented. In this Inheritors, seven peasants inherit their cruel boss’s farm when he is murdered, and they must soon fight to keep their property from townspeople who try to take control.

All films in the series have English subtitles and will screen on Friday evenings at 7:30 p.m. in Baxter Lecture Hall, followed by a reception in the Baxter lounge. For more information, e-mail aebi@hss.caltech.edu.

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