The UCLA Film and Television Archive presents three nights of double features in its film series: "In Transit: Refugees on Film," highlighting the cinematic stories of lost souls from different parts of the world. The series kicks off April 7 at 7:30 p.m. with "Arch of Triumph"  (1948), a film adaptation of a novel that follows the fate of a refugee (Ingrid Bergman) who tries to commit suicide, but is saved by an exiled doctor (Charles Boyer), practicing medicine illegally and attempting to seek revenge on a Nazi official, living in Paris. Russell Metty’s stylish film noir camerawork captures the city of light in its darkest tones; it is a world in which no one is safe.

This film will be followed by "A Lady Without Passport"  (1950) in which Hedy Lamarr plays Marianne Lorress, a Hungarian concentration camp survivor from Buchenwald who is trapped in Cuba, trying to emigrate to the United States, when she becomes involved in a refugee smuggling ring. However, Pete Karczag, an American INS agent, is on their trail. This tightly scripted, low-budget film noir, directed by Joseph Lewis, was one of the first post-war films to address the issue of so-called “displaced persons,” war refugees and KZ camp survivors unable to return to their now Communist countries of origin.

All screenings are held at the Billy Wilder Theater. For more information on this series and ticket prices, go here.