Lotte Reiniger's silhouette films are based on Chinese shadow plays and are of unrivalled beauty. The artist, who was very young at the time, is being honoured with a stamp by Deutsche Post this year on her 125th birthday.
We screen:
- Doctor Dolittle and his animals
- Sleeping Beauty
- Thumbelina
- The Brave Little Tailor
with new live film music at the church organ with Stephan v. Bothmer
With his spectacular silent film concerts, Stephan Graf v. Bothmer fills theatres and concert halls on five continents. He has performed at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival and in the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, as well as in Berlin at the Admiralspalast, the Wintergarten Varieté and the Berlin Cathedral, as well as at the Rock-Pop Festival at Tempelhof Airport after Björk, Blur and the Pet Shop Boys.
Bothmer's compositions are characterized by an unbridled joy of playing and virtuosity, which combine echoes of Chopin, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd and electronic music in a unique way.
The concert is presented by the Berlin magazine Himbeer - Berlin with children
Stephan Graf v. Bothmer (Organ & Composition), Stummfilm
Production by StummfilmKonzerte Berlin