Oscilloscope Laboratories is pleased to present THE UNIVERSAL THEORY, Timm Kröger’s tale of a young, possibly genius, physicist unraveling the dark mysteries that surround him in a mountain paradise. The film, which evokes old Hollywood style to tell a shockingly modern story, received its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and will open in New York (Quad Cinema) on Sept. 27 and Los Angeles (Laemmle Royal) on Oct. 11.

Set in 1962 at a quantum mechanics conference in an isolated lodge nestled amid the towering landscapes of the Swiss Alps, THE UNIVERSAL THEORY is the story of a gifted young physicist, his curmudgeonly mentor, and an enigmatic jazz pianist who knows things about our wunderkind scientist that he’s never told another living soul. German director Timm Kröger—himself also a cinematographer—films his tale with an eye for the majestic natural beauty that surrounds our characters, effectively evoking the paranoid postwar era. Driven by astonishing twists and improbable coincidences, THE UNIVERSAL THEORY unravels a captivatingly complex chronicle with brain-tickling suspense.

OPENS IN THEATERS SEPT. 27