Movies

11.00 – 12.45

Silent film and cinema organ: "The Phantom of the Opera"
USA 1925/29, approx. 90 min., directed by Rupert Julian, Lon Chaney, Edward Sedgwick, based on the novel by Gaston Leroux, with Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Morman Kerry, Gibson Gowland, Snitz Edwards, Text in German

16mm film print

Beneath the magnificent Paris Opera lies a labyrinth of eerie catacombs where a phantom dwells that occa-sionally wreaks havoc in the opera itself. It loves and desires the singer Carlotta. Through blackmail and tar-geted assassinations, it persuades the management to allow Carlotta to sing the leading roles. Eventually, the phantom kidnaps Carlotta and her lover Raoul takes up the chase into the underworld, falling into one sadistic trap after another. Lon Chaney shines in one of his most impressive performances in one of the most remarka-ble masks in film history, making this early horror film a milestone in the art of silent cinema.

Silent film musician Richard Siedhoff accompanies the classic live on the historic Welte cinema organ.

Location: Large lecture hall in the Grassi / Please register in advance at the Grassi Museum ticket office

16.00 - 18.00

Documentary film (in German): "Shamanism - The Sixth Generation"
Jasmin Bojahr's documentary film provides unique and contemporary insights into Ancestor worship, nature worship and the art of healing in Mongolian shamanism. Traditional Connections to the environment, animals, plants and spirits are still alive there today. Shamans act as a bridge between the past and the present and unite the Roles of spiritual authority, healer and counsellor. The film takes a multi-layered look at shamanic healing art and the deep connection of Mongolian shamans with nature and ancestors. (max. 140 persons)

12.30 p.m.

Documentary film: "Soul in Flames - The Adversarial Fires of Cold Meat Industry"
Sweden, 2024; Director: Claudio Marino; 105 min.

In 1987, Roger Karmanik - a veteran musician in the Swedish industrial scene - founded Cold Meat Industry (CMI). Over the next decade, the label developed from a hobby project into a world-renowned record company. While CMI grew exponentially, Karmanik's underground mentality and working methods remained largely unchanged. Plagued by setbacks in his personal and professional life - as well as deteriorating mental health - Roger Karmanik eventually hit a wall. CMI was declared bankrupt in 2011. Then, thirty years after its found-ing, people from over 40 different countries gathered in Stockholm to celebrate the label's anniversary - and something unexpected happened.

"Soul in Flames" is a documentary about the rise and fall of Cold Meat Industry - told from the perspectives of its enigmatic founder and the artists whose musical achievements continue to attract worldwide interest dec-ades later.

11.30 a.m.

Feature film (in German): "The Devil's Bath"

Austria / Germany, 2024; Director: Veronika Frank, Severin Fiala; Cast: Anja Plaschg, David Scheid, Maria Hofstätter, among others; 121 min.

Upper Austria in the year 1750: A carp pond reflects the grey of the sky. A deep, dark forest swallows the sunlight. An executed woman is displayed on a hill. As proof. As a warning. An omen? The deeply religious and highly sensitive Agnes looks at the dead woman with pity, but also with longing, because she feels like a stranger in the world of her husband Wolf, into which she has just married. An emotionally cold world full of work, chores and expectations. Agnes withdraws more and more. Her inner prison becomes ever tighter, her melancholy ever more oppressive. An act of violence soon seems to be her only way out.

One of the main roles in the drama is played by Anja Plaschg, who also provided the film music with her project Soap&Skin.