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Silent Film Concert “Mr.West”
18. February 2017 @ 20:00 - 21:30
Sat. 18.02.2017
8:00 PM
Cinema “Black Box” at the Film Museum Düsseldorf
Info
Director: Lev Kuleshov
Screenplay: N. Aseev
Cinematography: A. Levickij
Cast: Porfirij Podobed, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Aleksandra Chochlova, B. Barnet
Year: 1924, black and white
Duration: approx. 85 minutes
Full Title: The Strange Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (Neobyčajnye priklyucheniya Mistera Vesta v strane bol’shevikov)
Plot Summary:
Mr. West, a nice and harmless Yankee, travels to the land of young Russia: an unknown territory full of nasty surprises and wild men posing as Bolsheviks. The American businessman West is horrified when he is robbed in Moscow, and a mysterious Mr. Shban offers to help him.
Music Arrangement:
New musical arrangement for cinema organ and simultaneous piano by Wilfried Kaets