Max Kade Film Series: Emil and the Detectives (1931)

The Basile Theatre at the Historic Athenaeum 401 E Michigan Street, Indianapolis, IN

The Max Kade Film Series seeks to celebrate German storytelling through film. Presented in partnership with the Max Kade German-American Center. Emil and the Detectives follows a young boy named Emil who has been packed off to visit relatives in Germany. While en route on the train, Emil’s money is stolen by a penny-ante thief. The boy enlists…

Max Kade Film Series: Sunset Boulevard (1950)

The Basile Theatre at the Historic Athenaeum 401 E Michigan Street, Indianapolis, IN

The Max Kade Film Series seeks to celebrate German storytelling through film. Presented in partnership with the Max Kade German-American Center. Sunset Boulevard: In Hollywood of the 50’s, the obscure screenplay writer Joe Gillis is not able to sell his work to the studios, is full of debts and is thinking in returning to his hometown. He is…