Cycle
From 03.02. To 07.02.2009.
Program of German films
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Films in cycle
Nosferatu
(Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens, Germany, 1922)
Directed by: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
PHOTOGRAPHY: Fritz Arno Wagner
Synopsis:
This is the first film version of Dracula, brilliantly creepy and full of imaginative expressions never achieved by any director of similar themes. The role of Nosferatu was played by Max Schreck and he became the most ominous (and the ugliest) vampire in film history. It is an interesting fact that this film is not an official adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, but rather its direct plagiarism. Stoker’s widow unsuccessfully demanded from the court to ban and destroy this film. But...
b/w, silent, 94'
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 03.02.2009 AT 21:00
The Last Laugh
(Der Letzte Mann, Germany, 1924)
Directed by: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
PHOTOGRAPHY: Karl Freund
Synopsis:
The old porter of the Atlantis hotel is proud of his job and he does it well, perhaps even too well. One day he has to carry a huge suitcase because the bellboy is not around. For a moment he sits down and rests. But the young hotel manager sees him and writes him up. So, the porter loses his job and is degraded to work in the hotel’s toilets. He tries to hide his sadness and it seems only a miracle could help him…
b/w, silent, 90'
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 04.02.2009 AT 21:00
Secrets of a Soul
(Geheimnisse einer Seele, 1925./1926.);)
Directed by: Georg Pabst
PHOTOGRAPHY: Guido Seeber, Curt Oertel, Robert Lach
Synopsis:
After a terrible nightmare, a married chemistry professor becomes obsessed with murdering his wife. As time goes by his thoughts become more horrifying. Eventually the situation becomes unbearable and he seeks a psychoanalyst’s help. Following a series of séances he finds peace and his problems are solved.
16 mm, b/w, silent, 81 minuta
PROJECTION:
Thursday 05.02.2009 AT 21:00
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
(Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, Germany, 1919)
Directed by: Robert Wiene
PHOTOGRAPHY: Willy Hameister
Synopsis:
In the garden of a mental hospital, Francis tells a story about his friend Alan. At a local fair, the two of them meet Dr Caligari who tells the future with the help of his assistant Cesare. When Alan asks how much time he has left to live, Cesare answers that he has until the following dawn. Sure enough, Alan is found dead the next morning. Francis decides to find Dr Caligari whom he holds responsible for the death of his friend.
silent, b/w, 77'
PROJECTION:
Friday 06.02.2009 AT 21:00
The Golem: How He Came Into the World
(Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam, 1920)
Directed by: Carl Boese
PHOTOGRAPHY: Karl Freund
Synopsis:
This film is based on the Prague legend about Golem, an immensely strong creature fashioned out of clay, made in order to help the Jewish people during King Rudolph’s reign in the 16th century.