Der Letzte Mann (35mm mit Live-Begleitung) - Open Air Kino

In the organizer's words:

Director: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Germany 1924, 90 minutes, 35mm (20bps), silent, piano: Richard Siedhoff, percussion: Frank Bockius

There he stands, the imposing doorman of the Hotel Atlantic, the first hotel on the square. His splendid uniform with its golden buttons is his pride and joy. But when the hotel management retires the porter for reasons of age and transfers him to toilet duty, he loses his uniform and his dignity. Murnau's film, which is almost entirely without intertitles, is considered a milestone in film history and a highlight of German silent cinema.

The team at Kino im Blauen Salon is particularly looking forward to seeing Richard Siedhoff (Weimar) again at the piano. He has more than convinced us with his musical and human qualities (he made do with a luma on the floor of his shared flat and was once a punk musician before switching to silent film)! And now he's bringing his Freiburg colleague Frank Bockius with him to Karlsruhe, who will be joining in the action on drums - so we can look forward to a real silent film concert!

A film from the collection of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung (www.murnau-stiftung.de) in Wiesbaden.

In the supporting program: Manhatta
Director: Charles Sheeler, Paul Strand
USA 1921, 11 minutes, 16mm, silent

Lawn in front of the HfG, Platz der Menschenrechte
Free admission, donation requested

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