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Silent Film Concert “Metropolis”
26. April 2014 @ 20:00 - 22:30
Sat. 24 March 2018
8:00 PM
Rochuskirche, Cologne-Bickendorf
Info
General:
Germany 1927
Director: Fritz Lang
Screenplay: Thea von Harbou, Fritz Lang
Cinematography: Karl Freund, Walter Ruttmann
Editing: Fritz Lang
Duration: approx. 140 min.
About:
Metropolis – the city of the future. Fritz Lang’s monumental science-fiction film combines striking visuals with a love story about the reconciliation between labor and capital. High above the city, Joh Fredersen rules, while underground the workers toil. Fredersen’s son, Freder, falls in love with the workers’ leader, Maria.
Version:
Newly restored version by the Murnau Foundation, 2010
New musical score for cinema organ, simultaneous piano, MIDI vibraphone, percussion, live electronics, and audio playback by Wilfried Kaets
Participants:
Wilfried Kaets – Cinema organ, simultaneous piano, audio playback
Ralf Kurley – MIDI vibraphone, various percussion, live electronics