May 26 2019
The Tobacconist (JxJ Closing Night)

The Tobacconist (JxJ Closing Night)

Presented by JxJ at AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center

Starring the recently passed Bruno Ganz (Downfall, Wings of Desire) as Sigmund Freud. Based on the international bestseller by Robert Seethaler. 

A tender, heart-breaking story about one young man and his friendship with Sigmund Freud during the Nazi occupation of Vienna.

Seventeen-year-old Franz journeys to Vienna to apprentice at a tobacco shop. There he meets Sigmund Freud (Ganz), a regular customer, and over time the two very different men form a singular friendship. When Franz falls desperately in love with the music-hall dancer Anezka, he seeks advice from the renowned psychoanalyst, who admits that the female sex is as big a mystery to him as it is to Franz. As political and social conditions in Austria dramatically worsen with the Nazis’ arrival in Vienna, Franz, Freud, and Anezka are swept into the maelstrom of events. Each has a big decision to make: to stay or to flee?

Admission Info

Phone: 2027773250

Email: boxoffice@jxjdc.org

Dates & Times

2019/05/26 - 2019/05/26

Location Info

AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center

8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910