The Wreck of the Hesperus
Live musical accompaniment by Guenter Buchwald, Sascha Jacobsen, and Mas Koga
The famous Longfellow poem about a woman who washes ashore tied to a mast during a ferocious gale off the coast of Massachusetts is fleshed out with a turbulent backstory of a ship captain’s daughter in love with the son of her father’s rival. Realistic special effects convey both the majesty of the sea and its unnerving might.
Live musical accompaniment by Guenter Buchwald, Sascha Jacobsen, 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.
Bassist and composer SASCHA JACOBSEN is a Latin Grammy-nominated musician who draws on an eclectic range of styles, classical, jazz, flamenco, klezmer, and Argentine tango among them.
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
Director
Elmer Clifton
Country
United States
Year
1927
Cast
Sam De Grasse, Virginia Bradford, Francis Ford, Frank Marion
Runtime
60 min.
Source
Cineteca Milano
Format
DCP