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Short films from the Museo Nazionale del Cinema, Torino, Duration: 30 min. Films: "Too Beautiful", "At the Cinematograph", "Miss Robinet", "Who was guilty" and "Gounod's Ave Maria". Leo Perrigo (piano) plays the original compositions composed for these films by students at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi, Turin: Alessandro Artico, Andrea Castagnoli, Gioele Minati, Riccardo Morabito und …

Director: Richard Eichberg, 1928/29, 96 min. Accompaniment: Günter Buchwald, piano The Chinese dancer Mah performs as "Princess Butterfly" at a fair in Paris. The clown Coco is obsessed with Mah, who fends off his unwanted (and violent) advances. To get revenge, Coco causes the fatal accident of an acrobat and blames Mah. Mah finds refuge …

Faithful Heart (OT: Cœur fidèle) Director: Jean Epstein, 1923, 87 min. Accompaniment: Richard Siedhoff (piano) Der Film präsentiert sich schon von den ersten Einstellungen an als ergreifendes Melodram. „Cœur fidèle” tells the tragic story of Marie, an orphan exploited by the owners of a bar in the port of Marseille, who have promised her in …

The Sacifice of Yella Rogesius Director: R. Portegg (= Franz Eckstein and Rosa Porten), 1917, 58 min. Accompaniment : Reiko Emura (Klavier / piano) The film takes place in the circus world. A young cavalier, Stephan, marries the circus rider Yella and has to break away from his family because he first had to separate …

La Bohème Director: King Vidor, /with Lilian Gish; 1926, 93 Min. Accompaniment: Richard Siedhoff Set in 1830 in the Latin Quarter of Paris, where a circle of poor artists live together. Playwright Rodolphe falls in love with neighbour Mimi, a seamstress in even more dire financial circumstances. He watches jealously as the wealthy viscount Paul …

Broken Blossoms Director: David W. Griffith, with Lilian Gish; 1919, 89 min. Accompaniment: Günter Buchwald (piano) und Frank Bockius (Percussions) Cheng Huan leaves his native China because he “dreams to spread the gentle message of Buddha to the Anglo-Saxon lands.” His idealism fades as he is faced with the brutal reality of London’s gritty inner-city. …

The master of the ironworks Director: Eugenio Perego, 1919, 75 min. Accompaniment: Sabine Zimmer (Klavier / piano). Clara, the daughter of the Marquis de Beaulieu, who has lost his entire fortune, is forced to forgo her wedding with the Duke de Bligny. To escape poverty, she agrees to marry Philippe Derblay, a young man of …

The Wonderful Lie of Nina Petrovna Director: Hanns Schwarz, 1928, 117 min. Accompaniment: Camille Phelep (Piano) Young Nina Petrovna is the mistress of a rich and powerful Cossack colonel. But life in luxury no longer makes Nina happy. When she meets the poor officer Michael Andreevich and immediately falls in love with him, she decides …