International Film Series to Show Swedish Film Oct. 26

The Jake Erhardt International Film Series will show the Swedish film Flickan som lekte med elden (The Girl Who Played with Fire) Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater of Westminster College's McKelvey Campus Center.

The event is free and open to the public. A short introduction will be given prior to the showing and a discussion will follow. The audience should remember that international films tend to be more explicit regarding sex and violence.

The 2009 film is based on the second novel in Stieg Larson's trilogy.

In the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. When a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation.

This is the second film in the series for this academic year. The Secret in Their Eyes (Argentina, 2009) is scheduled for Nov. 30.

The International Film Series is named in honor of its founder, Dr. Jacob Erhardt, professor of German emeritus at Westminster College. Erhardt, who taught at Westminster from 1968 until his retirement in 2004, served as chair of his department from 1970-1986, was named the Language Educator of the Year by the Pennsylvania State Modern Languages Association, translated into English Robert Reitzel's Adventures of a Greenhorn, and was recognized by the National Endowment for the Humanities as an outstanding member.

Contact Dr. Deborah Mitchell, Westminster professor of English and film studies and coordinator of the film series, at (724) 946-7030 or e-mail dmitchel@westminster.edu for more information.

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