The Dryden Theatre hosts silent films in two large series throughout the year: one in the spring and one in the fall. Every once in a while, despite reaching for a diverse complement of genres and stars, and mixing well-known titles with new discoveries, a pattern emerges. Such was the case with the films this fall. While finding titles from the Sight & Sound list, for the Halloween season, for the Polish Film Festival, and to tie into our November Nitrate weekend, German silents kept popping up. No-one should look a gift horse in the mouth, so we’ve constructed a series around these four 1920s German titles. If you’re looking for a brief history of German silent productions, look no further. All we ask for is Schweigen!
Dates and Titles:
September 12: Metropolis (Fritz Lang, Germany 1927, 148 min., DCP)
October 20: The Wildcat (Die Bergkatze, Ernst Lubitsch, Germany 1921, 79 min., DCP)
October 27: Faust (F. W. Murnau, Germany 1926, 107 min., DCP)
November 17: Hamlet (Svend Gade, Heinz Schall, Germany 1921, 131 min., 35mm)