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  • San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2022

Arrest Warrant

Live music by the Sascha Jacobsen Quintet
Director
Heorhii Tasin
Cast
Vira Varetska, Khairi Emir-Zade, Nikolai Kutuzov, Alik Litovetskyi, Nikolai Panom, and Shorokhova

In the midst of civil war, Nadia’s revolutionary husband flees the city as the White Army advances, leaving her behind with a cache of secret documents to guard. Brilliant expressionist effects highlight Nadia’s psychological torture.

This program is a benefit screening. Proceeds will be donated to World Central Kitchen and Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Centre in Kyiv, Ukraine. You can donate directly to both organizations below:

WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN
OLEKSANDR DOVZHENKO NATIONAL CENTRE

  • 81 min
  • Soviet Ukraine
  • 1926
  • DCP
Copresenter
Film Noir Foundation
Introduction
Eddie Muller

Live Music by the Sascha Jacobsen Quintet

Led by bassist and composer Sascha Jacobsen, The Sascha Jacobsen Quintet also features Michele Walther on violin, Sheldon Brown on clarinet, Seth Asarnow on piano and bandura, and Dylan Garrison on percussion.

Image credit: Tommy Lau

Details

Director
Heorhii Tasin
Country
Soviet Ukraine
Year
1926
Cast
Vira Varetska, Khairi Emir-Zade, Nikolai Kutuzov, Alik Litovetskyi, Nikolai Panom, and Shorokhova
Original Language Title
Order na Aresht
Runtime
81 min
Print Source
Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Centre
Format
DCP
Sun, May 8, 2022
4:30 PM
Castro Theatre
$18 general
$16 member
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