Silent movies in this era of talkies?
Goethe Institut, in cooperation with the Zahir Raihan Film Society (ZRFS), is bringing to the city six silent movies of the post-First World War period from 1918 to 1925. The session will be inaugurated today at 5:30 pm at the auditorium of the Institut.
Featuring German Expressionism, these films project extreme stylisation of sets and décor as well as in the acting, lighting and camera angles. The grossly distorted, largely abstract sets were as expressive as the actors. To ensure complete control and the free manipulation of these aspects, the expressionist films were always shot in the studio.
The schedule of the films:
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. April 1805:30 pm The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari by Robert Wiene (1919)
April 19 05:00 pm The Golem by Paul Wegener (1920)
06:45 pm Nosferatu by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (1922)
April 20 06:00 pm Metropolis by Fritz Lang (1927)
April 21 05:00 pm Faust by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (1926)
07:00 pm Asphalt by Joe May (1929)