New US Trailer for Quantum Mechanics Thriller ‘The Universal Theory’
by Alex Billington
August 30, 2024
Source: YouTube
“This young man here is working on something very significant.” Oscilloscope Labs has revealed an official US trailer for a film titled The Universal Theory, a mysterious sci-fi-tinged thriller set deep in the Swiss mountains. This first premiered at the 2023 Venice Film Festival one year ago under the original title The Theory of Everything, and it earned mostly mixed reviews (mine is here). The noir film is set in 1962. A physics congress in the Alps. An Iranian guest. A mysterious pianist. A bizarre cloud in the sky, a booming mystery under the mountain. It’s “a quantum mechanical thriller in black & white.” Driven by astonishing twists and improbable coincidences, The Universal Theory unravels a captivatingly complex chronicle with brain-tickling suspense. Cast with a fantastic ensemble and interspersed with a dynamic soundtrack, The Theory of Everything is an intellectual film about the contingency of our world, in which much is possible and hardly anything is necessary. Starring Jan Bülow as Leinert, Olivia Ross as Karin, Hanns Zischler, Gottfried Breitfuss, David Bennent, & Philippe Graber. This is such a radical little film that I hope gets seen by more and more people now that it’s finally getting US release. Take a look at the footage below.
Here’s the official US trailer (+ new poster) for Timm Kröger’s The Universal Theory, from YouTube:
You can rewatch the initial German trailer for Timm Kröger’s The Universal Theory right here for more.
1962: Johannes Leinert travels with his doctoral advisor to a physics congress at the Hotel Esplanade in the Swiss Alps. An Iranian scientist is to give a groundbreaking lecture on quantum mechanics here. But the speaker, who is expected to deliver nothing less than a theory of everything, is late and the high society spends the interim with witty dinner parties and elegant skiing excursions. A mysterious pianist (Ross) captivates Johannes, but something’s not right about her. She knows things about him she can’t possibly know… When one of the German physicists dies in a monstrous way, two investigators enter the scene, suspecting murder. As bizarre cloud formations appear in the sky, the pianist disappears without a trace and Johannes gets on the trail of a secret that has taken root deep beneath the mountain. (Text translated.)
The Universal Theory, also known as The Theory of Everything or just Die Theorie von Allem originally in German, is directed by the German cinematographer / filmmaker Timm Kröger, director of the film The Council of Birds, and the doc Das leicht beunruhigende Schaukeln bei der Fahrt ins Tal, previously. The screenplay is written by Roderick Warich and Timm Kröger. Produced by David Bohun and Lixi Frank. This initially premiered at the 2023 Venice Film Festival last year (read our review). Oscilloscope Labs will debut The Universal Theory in select US theaters starting September 27th, 2024. For info visit the official site.
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