DAS WUNDER DES SCHNEESCHUHS — Teil I | DIE JAGD NACH DEM TODE — Teil IV

WED, 8 SEP — 7.30 PM

»The Miracle of Snowshoes« (Das Wunder des Schneeschuhs) Part I | LIVE MUSIC Richard Siedhoff (Piano) | Mykyta Sierov (Oboe) // 35 mm format | tinted | Germany | 1919/20 | 46 min | age 12+

Dr. Arnold Fanck, pioneer of mountain and sports films, made it his mission to capture the icy world of glaciers on film, right up to the loneliest peak. In his film The Miracle of Snowshoes (Das Wunder des Schneeschuhs), the geologist, along with his Freiburg-based film company, documented the ‘divine grandeur’ of the Black Forest and the Swiss Alps for the first time. The film includes spectacular footage of his ski athletes, who were poorly equipped but all the more acrobatic for it, engaging in 
daring pursuits. The camera, sometimes attached to a leg, unveiled for the first time a landscape that was as-yet undiscovered by tourists.
REGIE Arnold Fanck DARSTELLER Hannes Schneider | Ernst Baader

»The Chase After Death« (Die Jagd nach dem Tode) Part IV | LIVE MUSIC Richard Siedhoff (Piano) | Mykyta Sierov (Oboe) // 35 mm format | black and white | Germany | 1920 | 70 min | age 12+

The last part of the four-part sensation film brings the tension to a crescendo.
REGIE Karl Gerhardt | DARSTELLER*INNEN Lil Dagover | Nils Chrisander | Bernhard Goetzke | Ernst Deutsch | Isa Marsen | Reneé Pelar | Kurt Brenkendorf
 

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Introduction by Martin Koerber (DEUTSCHE KINEMATHEK FOUNDATION) on reconstructing the film based on the historical work traces in the footage

19.30 UHR Filme Teil I & II

»The Chase After Death« (Die Jagd nach dem Tode) Part I & II
 

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MON, 6 SEP

6 PM
Introduction and podium discussion on orientalism and the aftermath of the German colonial era in 1920s cinema

7.30 PM

»The Chase After Death« (Die Jagd nach dem Tode) Part III