2017-11-11 – 12:47 h

Today Saturday, and as part of the “Silent Movie Night – Kino Varieté” weekend, the Komische Oper Berlin will screen the silent movie “The Adventures of Prince Achmed” (Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed – dir. Lotte Reiniger, 1926), with live music performed by the Orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin conducted by Frank Strobel.

The music, composed by Wolfgang Zeller (1893-1967), will match this old animated feature film that blends together all the mythical creatures and Oriental atmosphere of the 1001 Nights, using scissor-cut technique, in a three-year work with a total of 250.000 hand-made silhouettes and 98.000 frames!

 

When: Saturday 11th of November 2017 at 7:30 p.m.

Where: Komische Oper Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

Tickets: 14-34 € – https://en-ticketshop.komische-oper-berlin.de/veranstaltung/19737/

 

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1493158414099125/

More information: https://www.komische-oper-berlin.de/en/whats-on/schedule/2017-11/stummfilm-voyage-oriental/413/