The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, 1926

UK, DCP, Black & White, 90’, English

Cast: Ivor Novello, June, Marie Ault, Malcolm Keen

The fog covered city London is terrorized by a serial killer. Mrs. Bunting, a landlady, hires a new lodger. After the horrible events that took place in London, she starts to suspect that her new lodger might be the serial killer terrorizing the city. Described by Hitchcock himself as "the first true Hitchcock movie”, this masterful silent thriller stars the matinee idol Ivor Novello as the mysterious lodgerand challenges the audience to think the worst of him.