• Silent Film Concert “The General”

    evangelische Stadtkirche Laubach Kirchenplatz 14, Laubach, Hessen, Deutschland

    Info Friday, 29 June 20129:00 PMEvangelical City Church Laubach General: USA 1926 Directors: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman Cast: Buster Keaton: Johnny Gray Marion Mack: Annabelle Lee and many others Duration: approx. 80 minutes Synopsis: "The General" is an action-comedy film from 1926, directed by and starring Buster Keaton. Set during the American Civil War, it...

  • Silent Film Concert “The Passion of Joan of Arc”

    Black Box Schulstraße 4, Düsseldorf, NRW, Deutschland

    Sat. 15.09.20128:00 PMCinema "Black Box" at the Film Museum Düsseldorf Info Overview Released: France, 1927Duration: approx. 84 minutesDirector: Carl Theodor Dreyer ContentThe final days of Jeanne d'Arc: her interrogation, condemnation, and death at the stake.It is not so much an epic narrative (certainly not an action film), but rather "radical montage cinema" from the late...

  • Silent Film Concert “The General”

    Kulturzentrum Alte Feuerwache Köln Melchiorstr. 3, Köln, NRW, Deutschland

    Info Tuesday, 24.11.20123:00 PMCultural Center "Alte Feuerwache" Cologne Overview: USA 1926Directors: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman Cast:Buster Keaton: Johnny GrayMarion Mack: Annabelle LeeAnd others. Duration: approx. 80 min. Plot: "The General" is a 1926 action-comedy film by and starring Buster Keaton. The film is set during the American Civil War and is based on the historically...

  • Silent Film Concert “The Last Laugh”

    Kirche Christi Verklärung Taborplatz 4, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

    Info Friday, 15.03.20138:00 PMChurch of the Transfiguration of Christ, Cologne-Heimersdorf General: Released: Germany 1924Duration: approx. 90 minutesDirector: Friedrich Wilhelm MurnauScreenplay: Carl Mayer Murnau's film, which almost entirely does without intertitles, is considered a milestone in film history and the pinnacle of German silent cinema. Historical 16mm film version in historically accurate speed and original format...

  • Silent Film Concert “Woman in the Moon”

    Black Box Schulstraße 4, Düsseldorf, NRW, Deutschland

    Info Saturday, 27.04.20138:00 PMCinema "Black Box" at the Film Museum Düsseldorf Overview: Germany 1928 / 29Director: Fritz LangStarring: Gerda Maurus, Willy Fritsch, Klaus Pohl, Gustav von Wangenheim, and othersDuration: 169 min. Restored 35mm version Plot: Professor Georg Manfeldt suspects that the Moon holds water, oxygen, and vast gold deposits. Together with his young friend Helius,...

  • Silent Film Concert “The Last Laugh”

    Antoniterkirche Schildergasse 57, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

    Friday, 03.05.20139:00 PMAntoniterkirche, Cologne-Schildergasse Info Overview Germany 1924Director: Friedrich Wilhelm MurnauScreenplay: Carl MayerDuration: 90 min. Murnau’s film, which almost entirely avoids intertitles, is considered a milestone in film history and the pinnacle of German silent cinema. Plot "The Last Laugh" tells the story of a personal tragedy: An aging hotel porter loses his identity and...

  • Silent Film Concert “Salt for Svanetia”

    Filmforum im Museum Ludwig Bischofsgartenstraße 1, Köln, NRW, Deutschland

    Saturday, 29.06.20137:00 PMFilmforum at Museum Ludwig, Cologne Info General: Jim Shvante - The Salt of SvanetiUSSR (Georgia) 1930Director: Michail Kalatozov Duration: approx. 60 min.Original version with German subtitles Screenplay: Sergei TretyakovCinematography: Michail Kalatozov A project within the series Films from Georgia – Retrospective Michail Kalatozov Plot Ushguli is a settlement in Upper Svaneti, located in...

  • Silent Film Concert “Metropolis”

    DinaMare Dinslaken Am Stadtbad 7-9, Dinslaken, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

    Sunday, 07.07.20138:00 PMOpen Air Festival DinaMare, Dinslaken Info General: Metropolis – 1927, GermanyDirector: Fritz LangScreenplay: Thea von Harbou, Fritz LangCinematography: Karl Freund, Walter RuttmannEditing: Fritz LangDuration: 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...

  • Silent Film Concert “Destiny”

    Alzey, Nikolaikirche Obermarkt 18, Alzey, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

    Sun. 03.11.20138:00 PMAlzey, Nikolaikirche (St. Nicholas Church) Info General:Germany 1921Director: Fritz LangScreenplay: Fritz Lang, Thea von HarbouDuration: 93 min. About:This film, resembling a novella in style, is filled with romantic mood and resignation. Death, weary of its duty, longs to be “defeated” by a young girl. Equally impressive is the main storyline: scenes set in...