Eisenstein wanted each generation to compose its own music for his film. Over the decades, numerous different versions of music for the film have been created, the most famous of which is by Edmund Meisel in 1926, later adapted for orchestra by Mark-Andreas Schlingensiepen in 1985. Wilfried Kaets created an experimental score for piano, glass harmonica, and live electronics, which consciously positions itself as an independent “sound sculpture” alongside, on, and against the images. This approach aims to achieve both a dramaturgically cohesive integration of sequences and acts, as well as to create an active dialogue through counterpoint that complements the extraordinary montage of individual images into emotional content.
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Silent Film Concert” Battleship Potemkin”
21. October 2023 @ 20:00 - 21:30
Sat. 21.10.23 8:00 PM
Film Forum of the Cologne Philharmonie
Bischofsgartenstr. 1
Info:
General:
USSR 1925 – Directed by: Sergei Eisenstein – Length: approx. 70 min.
Screenplay: Nina Agadzhanova
Main Cast:
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Vladimir Barsky – Commander Golikow
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Ivan Bobrov – Young Sailor
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Alexander Antonov – Grigori Vakulintchuk
New music version by Wilfried Kaets for piano, glass tubes, and sounds
Performance: Wilfried Kaets – Piano, Glass Harmonica, Sounds
Short and Sweet:
The plot is loosely based on the actual events of the Russian Revolution of 1905: the mutiny of the crew of the Russian warship Knjas Potjomkin Tawritscheski against their Tsarist officers. The battleship Potemkin had its world premiere on December 21, 1925, at the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre as the official anniversary film to celebrate the 1905 Revolution. As a propaganda film, it was meant to evoke strong emotional reactions in line with Soviet mass ideologies. However, it goes far beyond simple propaganda in both form and content and has been repeatedly recognized as one of the most influential and greatest films of all time.