January 4 starts screenings cycle the most important bands of representative of silent films in the world. The audience will see the film “Battleship” Potemkin “, filmed by Eisenstein, Sergei, learn a lot about Jeanne d & rsquo;. Arc and together with Charlie Chaplin succumb to “Gold Rush» On the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the first public display of the Lumiere brothers in RNB will show masterpieces world cinema, which became part of the international heritage – art of silent cinema.
Contrary to expectations, the famous film “The arrival of the train at the station of La Ciotat” viewers will not see, but once a month will be able to see clearly a unique example of the genre of film critic Svetlana Slivinskaya that be sure to tell a lot about a silent movie. By the way, though, “Arriving by train” and lasted about a minute, but that this picture gave a powerful impetus to the development of cinema.
Program cycle “The Great Silent”:
January 4 at 17:00 – “Intolerance,” directed by DW Griffith. Starring: Mae Marsh, Robert Herron. . (USA, 1916)
Feb. 4 – “Battleship” Potemkin “.” The director – Sergei Eisenstein, starring Alexander Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov and Ivan Bobrov (USSR, 1925)
March 4 – “The Passion of Joan of Arc.”. Director – Carl Theodor Dreyer, starring.. Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, Antonin Artaud, and others (France, 1928)
April 8 – “Greed.” Director – Erich von Stroheim. Starring:. Zazu Pitts, Gibson Gowland, Jean Hersholt (. United States, 1924)
May 13 – “Gold Rush”. Director – Charlie Chaplin. Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray. . (. United States, 1925)
WHERE: The new building of the National Library, Moscow Avenue, 165
WHEN:. From January 4 to 13 May, beginning at 17-00 and 18-00 (depending on the duration of the movie) Admission is free