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  • San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2025

Island Fisherman

Live musical accompaniment by Guenter Buchwald and Frank Bockius
Director
Jacques de Baroncelli
Cast
Charles Vanel, Sandra Milovanoff, Roger San Juana

Jacques de Baroncelli’s silent masterwork is taken from Pierre Loti’s novel about Breton fishermen whose destinies seem set from birth. The locale is Paimpol, on Brittany’s sea-battered northern coast, where the men spend half their lives working boats far from home while the women pray for a return that sometimes never comes. Stars Charles Vanel and Sandra Milovanoff are supported by an authentic cast of Bretons.

  • 96 min.
  • France
  • 1924
  • DCP

Live musical accompaniment by Guenter Buchwald and Frank Bockius

Conductor, composer, pianist, and violinist GUENTER BUCHWALD is a pioneer of the renaissance in silent film music. He has provided live accompaniment for thousands of titles, playing at festivals worldwide from Berlin to Tokyo, both solo and with other musicians through his Silent Movie Music Company.

Percussionist FRANK BOCKIUS joined Guenter Buchwald’s Silent Movie Music Company more than twenty years ago and has since performed for silent films around the world.

Details

Original Language Title
Pêcheur d'Islande
Country
France
Director
Jacques de Baroncelli
Year
1924
Cast
Charles Vanel, Sandra Milovanoff, Roger San Juana
Runtime
96 min.
Source
FPA Classics
Format
DCP
Fri, Nov 14, 2025
2:15 PM
Orinda Theatre
$20 general
$18 member
12 and under, free
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