Movies - Film: *D'r Herr Maire* - in Alsatian with French subtitles

In partnership with the Association des Amis de la Leonardsau and the Cercle de Saint-Léonard.

A masterpiece of Alsatian theater from 1898, Jacques Séverac’s film *D’r Herr Maire* was the first Alsatian talkie, released in 1939. The film has been restored thanks to a copy miraculously rediscovered in Russia and subtitled in French as closely as possible to the original text, thanks to the work of the association Les Amis du Herr Maire and linguist Danielle Crevenat-Werner.

This cult comedy, an adaptation of Gustave Stoskopf’s iconic three-act play, tells the story of a mayor’s ambitions as he seeks recognition and the romantic entanglements of his daughters.

The film will be presented by Nicolas Stoskopf, grandson of the play’s author and a historian.