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Silent Film Concert “All Quiet on the Western Front”
1. September 2014 @ 20:00 - 2. September 2014 @ 0:30
Info:
Fri. 01 August 2014
8:00 PM
Rochuskirche (St. Rochus Church)
General:
Original Title: All Quiet on the Western Front
USA 1930
Director: Lewis Milestone
Screenplay: Maxwell Anderson, based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque
Cinematography: Arthur Edeson
Duration: approx. 140 min.
In a Nutshell:
“At the front, you’re either dead or alive, that’s all.” All Quiet on the Western Front tells the story of young high school student Paul, who goes off to war for Germany during the First World War. His teacher persuades him and his entire senior class to volunteer for military service. After a short time, their initial enthusiasm for fighting for the fatherland fades, and the young group longs for nothing more than to return home. During a home leave, Paul visits his family and realizes he no longer has anything in common with them or his old teacher. Back at the front, he encounters even younger soldiers being sent into battle as cannon fodder…
Version:
We are extremely proud to present one of only two remaining 35mm prints of this famous anti-war film in the world, directly from the holdings of the Library of Congress, Washington, USA, in cooperation with the Düsseldorf Film Museum — a film that, according to our research, hasn’t been shown in Cologne for over 80 years!
Music:
New musical version for organ, live electronics, and audio playback by Wilfried Kaets
Wilfried Kaets makes use of the unique acoustic capabilities of the renovated Klais organ — now enhanced with electronic sound colors and a computer interface — to compose a contemporary film score. His music respectfully leaves space for the powerful and still stylistically influential images of the film while breathing a new, distinctive spirit into them.
Participants:
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Werner Müller – Aviation Archive Cologne
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Joachim Steinigeweg – Film projection
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Wilfried Kaets – Organ, live electronics
Additional Info:
Note: The silent film concert is part of a Cultural Night marking the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I on August 1.
The Cultural Night begins at 8:00 PM with a lecture and image projection:
The Imperial Airship Station Cöln-Bickendorf and the Aerial Warfare over Cologne in WWI and WWII
The film screening begins at 10:15 PM.