The Ancient Law (1923): Film Screening and Live Musical Accompaniment
Don’t miss out on the upcoming screening of the 1923 fully restored silent film, Das alte Gesetz (The Ancient Law), directed by E.A. Dupont, with German/English intertitles, with musicians Alicia Svigals and Donald Sosin performing the live score.
Beautifully restored in 2017, with a superb cast (Henny Porten, Ernst Deutsch and others), it’s the story of a rabbi’s son who leaves the shtetl to become an actor at the Burgtheater in Vienna. The rabbi is not pleased. Porten plays an archduchess who develops an interest in the boy. Her courtiers are not pleased. Trouble ensues on both fronts.
Date: Friday, April 1st
Time: 3:00 PM – 5:20 PM PDT
Location: Royal Bank Cinema at The Chan Centre for Performing Arts
RSVP: https://chancentre.com/events/ancient-law-film-screening/
The event is co-sponsored by the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Public Humanities Hub, Centre for European Studies, UBC Diamond Chair in Jewish Law and Ethics, Department of History, Bachelor of Media Studies, Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies, and UBC Film Society.