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International Film Series to Show Russian Film

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Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009

The Jake Erhardt International Film Series will show the Russian film Mongol Tuesday, April 7, at 7 p.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater in the 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 2007 film, directed by Sergei Bodrov, was nominated for a 2008 Oscar as Best Foreign Language Film.

The movie tells the story of young Genghis Khan and how early life experiences led him to become a legendary conqueror.

This is the final film in the series for this academic year.

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 associate professor of English and coordinator of the film series, at (724) 946-7030 or e-mail dmitchel@westminster.edu for more information.