Murnau’s “Faust” Celebrates 100 with Live Music
(Germany, 1926)
Dir: F.W. Murnau
With Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn
The German Expressionist masterpiece Faust, directed by F.W. Murnau (“Faust”), written by Hans Kyser with titles by Nobel prize laureate Gerhart Hauptmann, based on both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s tragic play and traditional Germanic folklore.
God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist. During a plague, Faust despairs and burns his books after failing to stop death; Satan sends Mephisto to tempt Faust, first with insight into treating the plague and then with a day’s return to youth. Mephisto is clever, timing the end of these 24 hours as Faust embraces the beautiful Duchess of Parma. Faust trades his soul for youth. Sometime later, he’s bored and demands on Easter Sunday that Mephisto take him home. Faust promptly sees and falls in love with the beautiful Gretchen, whose liaison with him brings her dishonor. Is there redemption? Who wins the wager?
(107 min. Silent film with German text, with Hebrew subtitles)
A film and live music performance by Eran Tzamit, providing a new and contemporary score for the cinematic classic celebrating its 100th anniversary. The performance combines original composition and live music, moving between classical composition, analogue electronics, and digital production.
Eran Tzamit is a musician and producer, and a member of the band Shen and the Autarkic|Tzamit project.
The screening is in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Israel.
Eran Tzamit photo by Mika Chertok
Screenings
Thu 26.11, 17:00, Hall 1
נשארים מעודכנים
הרשמו לניוזלטר ותקבלו מאיתנו עדכונים והמלצות על כל הסרטים והאירועים החדשים והכי מעניינים
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