Saxophone Susy
Live musical accompaniment by Guenter Buchwald, Frank Bockius, and Mas Koga
The vivacious Anny Ondra stars as a scion of Viennese aristocracy bound for a proper ladies’ boarding school who swaps places with a showgirl so they both can live their dreams. This high-strung comedy is infectious with Jazz Age shenanigans and the joys of young women scheming to get what they want. Berlin’s real-life Haller-Girls add their synchronized verve to the club scenes.
Live musical accompaniment by Guenter Buchwald, Frank Bockius, and Mas Koga
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. Bockius will accompany Buchwald and Stephen Horne for this year’s festival.
Multi-instrumentalist MAS KOGA plays saxophone, flute, and a variety of wind instruments. Fueled with a passion for cross-cultural experience, Mas’s sound encompasses the many cultural traditions he’s been touched by, and the worldview developed though diverse life experiences
Details
Original Language Title
Saxophon-Susi
Country
Germany
Director
Karel Lamač
Year
1928
Cast
Anny Ondra, Mary Parker, Gaston Jacquet, Olga Limburg
Runtime
88 min.
Source
Deutsches Filminstitut
Format
DCP