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Silent Film Concert “Metropolis”
7. July 2013 @ 20:00 - 22:30
Sunday, 07.07.2013
8:00 PM
Open Air Festival DinaMare, Dinslaken
Info
General:
Metropolis – 1927, Germany
Director: Fritz Lang
Screenplay: Thea von Harbou, Fritz Lang
Cinematography: Karl Freund, Walter Ruttmann
Editing: Fritz Lang
Duration: approx. 140 min.
Plot
Metropolis – the city of the future. Fritz Lang’s monumental science-fiction film combines visual power with a love story about the reconciliation of labor and capital: High above the city, Joh Fredersen rules, while down below, the workers toil. Fredersen’s son, Freder, falls in love with the worker leader Maria.
Music Version:
Newly restored version by the Murnau Foundation from 2010
New music arrangement for piano, midi vibraphone, percussion, and live electronics by Wilfried Kaets
Performers:
Wilfried Kaets – Piano, recordings
Ralf Kurley – Midi vibraphone, live electronics, percussion
Introduction: Performance by members of the Burghofbühne Theater