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UFA Film Nights Open on Berlin’s Museum Island With 1920s Silent Cinema

Organizers Bertelsmann with UFA promise live musical accompaniment that mirrors original silent-film presentation.

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Overview

  • The three-evening program begins tonight on the Museumsinsel, according to the organizers.
  • Opening night features Ewald André Dupont’s “Varieté,” presented as a glimpse into the historic Wintergarten variety theatre.
  • Thursday’s screening is “Der Rosenkavalier,” adapted from Richard Strauss’s opera.
  • The series concludes Friday with Gustav Ucicky’s “Der Sträfling aus Strambul.”
  • Each film is performed with live music to recreate period exhibition practice.