The 1926 silent film classic Herr Tartüff, directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, and starring Emil Jannings as Tartuffe, Lil Dagover as Elmire and Werner Krauss as Orgon, is based on Moliere’s satirical masterpiece Tartuffe. The film retains the basic plot as the original farce, but Murnau pared down Molière's play, eliminating most of the secondary characters and concentrating on the triangle of Orgon, Elmire and Tartuffe. They also introduced a framing device, whereby the story of Tartuffe becomes a film-within-a-film, shown by a young actor as a device to warn his grandfather about his unctuous but evil housekeeper.
For this screening at the Bioscope, pianist and composer Paul Hanmer will provide a live musical soundtrack. Having accompanied several silent film screenings at the Bioscope over the last years, local fans of classic cinema and Paul Hamner may not miss this screening.
Paul Hanmer has recently completed a Requiem mass, on commission from (trumpeter) Philip Cox & (oboist / conductor) Tim Roberts, which is due to be performed for the first time in October 2017 in Johannesburg. He continues to write for his small jazz group performances and has been writing arrangements for various ensembles as well.
This screening is presented by the Goethe-Institut in partnership with Alliance Francaise and the French Institute of South Africa.
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