LIVE-CINEMA: « DIE FRAU NACH DER MAN SICH SEHNT »

This splendid live-cinéma project presents the music of 1929 silent movie Die Frau, nach der man sich sehnt (L’Enigme), composed by Pascal Schumacher and live interpreted by Lucilin (14 musicians).

Since it was created, this project has already been performed several times and each time it was particularly successful among the public. Others performances:
29.09.2015 – BOZAR, Brussels
03.04.2015 – Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam as part of the « Live Cinéma » series
14.11.2012 – De Singel, Antwerpen
12.11.2012 – Wiener Konzerthaus
24.05.2012 – Philharmonie, Luxembourg (premiere)

This time, the project comes to the Elbphilharmonie in Hambourg.

In this melodrama directed by Kurt Bernhardt and based on the novel by Max Brod, the beautiful yet mysterious Stascha (Marlène Dietrich), crosses paths with Henri Leblanc while he is on his way to his honeymoon. The latter, married to a wealthy heiress, leaves her to meet up Stascha. The young lady is ready to leave with him but Karoff, the obscure man she is with, does not intend to let her go.

A young groom falls in love with a mysterious woman. A german melodrama full of charm, with Marlene Dietrich very impressive as a femme fatale. (www.arte.tv)

Film: Die Frau, nach der man sich sehnt (L’Énigme) (1929)
Kurt Bernhardt, direction
Ladislaus Vajda, script
With Marlene Dietrich, Uno Henning, Fritz Kortner, Frida Richard, Oskar Sima…