Saturday, 06. April 2024, 8 pm Cologne, Bischofsgartenstr. 1 Admission: 7 € Info General: The Thief of Bagdad USA, 1924 Directed by: Raoul Walsh Running time: 147 min 16mm silent film, English intertitles Short and Sweet: A clever thief competes with a Mongolian ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess. However, what begins as...
Wilfried Kaets explains the historic Welte cinema organ and talks about what it was like back in great-grandfather’s time, when films were still silent and accompanied live by musicians in the cinema. There will also be short, funny silent films, and visitors even have the chance to try their hand at being silent film musicians...
Sa, 16. November 2024, 8pm Bischofsgartenstr. 1 Entry 7 € Info: General: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde USA 1920 Register: John S. Robertson 80 Min Short and Sweet: The young, virtuous doctor Dr. Jekyll is a respected scientist and benefactor who treats the needy for free at his clinic. He has little time for...
Info: Sa. 30.11. 248pmBlack Box Short and Sweet Germany 1919Register: Robert WieneScript: Carl MayerBuildings: Walter Röhrig, Walter Reimann, Hermann Warm Actors:Werner Krauß - CaligariConradt Veidt - CesareLil Dagover - Janeand many more... ca. 65min Action: One of the absolute film classics of German production. Caligari established the international fame of German cinematic Expressionism. Brief Synopsis: The...
Info Sa. 21.12.248 pmCinema Black Box General Released: USA 1928 Duration: ca. 72 min Register: Edward Sedgwick Actors: Buster Keaton, Marceline Day u.a. About The clumsy street photographer Buster (Buster Keaton) is plagued by bad luck. When he meets the beautiful Sally (Marceline Day), he instantly falls hopelessly head over heels in love. Sally works...
Sa. 29.03. 2025 8pm Cinema Black Box Info: General: USA 1930 Register: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Drama b/w 85 min. Murnau's film, which almost entirely does without intertitles, is considered a milestone in film history and the pinnacle of German silent cinema. Short and Sweet: Farmer's son Tom meets a beautiful woman in the city who...
Sa. 03.05.25 Rheinbach, Church St. Martin 8:30 pm Info: General Here's the translation of the text to English: Germany 1923 Director: E. A. Dupont Length: approx. 135 minutes (without intermission) New musical score for organ, Jewish chant, percussion, and glass harp by Wilfried Kaets Cast: Henny Porten, Ernst Deutsch, Ruth Weyer, and others. Short and...
About the Film: Sat. October 11, 20258:00 PMFilm Forum of the Cologne Philharmonic General USA 1926 Directors: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman Cast:Buster Keaton: Johnny GrayMarion Mack: Annabelle Leeand many more Length: approx. 80 minutes Action: The General is an action-comedy filmed in 1926, directed by and starring Buster Keaton. The film is set during the...
Sa. 29.11.2025 8 pm Black Box About the Movie General: Germany 1920Directors: Paul Wegener, Carl BoeseScreenplay: Paul Wegener, Henrik GaleenProduction: Projektions-AG Union (Paul Davidson)Cinematography: Karl Freund Short and Sweet: The film is based on the cycle of legends surrounding the Prague Rabbi Judah Loew and tells the Jewish legend of the Golem: The Prague Ghetto...
