An erotic thriller starring the silent screen’s most sensuous siren, THE MYSTERIOUS LADY features the Great Greta Garbo at her finest and most seductive. The second film in our “Deadly Dames” series, this suspense-laden masterpiece contains one of the most notorious (and truly arousing) sex scenes of the silent era!

Garbo is Tania Federova, a Russian spy living in Vienna. Assigned to steal secret plans from the nephew of Austria’s head of the Secret Service, Tania wields her most powerful weapon—her ability to seduce any man. Her target: Karl von Raden—played by newcomer and future Garbo lover Conrad Nagel. Tricked into giving up the secret plans after a night of passion, he is imprisoned only to break free. Following Tania to Warsaw, von Raden plans to settle scores. Meanwhile, Tania is in great peril at the hands of General Alexandroff (the one and only Gustav von Seyffertitz) who is intent on possessing her, despite her having fallen in love with her previous victim, von Raden.

Sex, scandal, and suspense: what better way to spend a blustery Sunday afternoon?

Live piano accompaniment by William O’Meara.

Silent Revue is curated by Alicia Fletcher

$15 special event pricing / $12 students, seniors, members