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SFSFF 2018 Programs

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AMAZING TALES FROM THE ARCHIVE
Live music by Donald Sosin

THE ANCIENT LAW
(d. E.A. Dupont, Germany, 1923)
Live music by the Donald Sosin Ensemble

BATTLING BUTLER
(d. Buster Keaton, United States, 1926)
Live music by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra

FRAGMENT OF AN EMPIRE
(d. Fridrikh Ermler, USSR, 1929)
Live music by Stephen Horne and Frank Bockius

GOOD REFERENCES
(d. R. William Neill, United States, 1920)
Live music by Donald Sosin

THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
(d. Richard Oswald, Germany, 1929)
Live music by the Guenter Buchwald Ensemble

AN INN IN TOKYO
(d. Yasujirō Ozu, Japan, 1935)
Live music by Guenter Buchwald

THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS
(d. Jean Grémillon, France, 1929)
Live music by Guenter Buchwald and Frank Bockius

THE MAN WHO LAUGHS
(d. Paul Leni, United States, 1928)
Live music by Berklee Silent Film Orchestra

MARE NOSTRUM
(d. Rex Ingram, United States, 1926)
Live music by Stephen Horne and Frank Bockius

MASTER OF THE HOUSE
(d. Carl Th. Dreyer, Denmark, 1925)
Live music by Stephen Horne

MOTHER KRAUSE’S JOURNEY TO HAPPINESS
(d. Piel Jutzi, Germany, 1929)
Live music by Sascha Jacobsen and the Musical Art Quintet

NO MAN’S GOLD
(d. Lewis Seiler, United States, 1926)
Live music by Donald Sosin and Frank Bockius

THE OTHER WOMAN’S STORY
(d. B.F. Stanley, United States, 1925)
Live music by Stephen Horne

PEOPLE ON SUNDAY
(d. Robert Siodmak and Edgar G. Ulmer, Germany, 1929)
Live music by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra

POLICEMAN
(d. Tomu Uchida, Japan, 1933)
Live music by Stephen Horne and Frank Bockius

ROSITA
(d. Ernst Lubitsch, United States, 1923)
Live music by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra

THE SAGA OF GÖSTA BERLING
(d. Mauritz Stiller, Sweden, 1924)
Live music by the Matti Bye Ensemble

SERGE BROMBERG PRESENTS…
Live music by Donald Sosin

SILENT AVANT-GARDE
Live music by Matti Bye Ensemble

SOFT SHOES
(d. Lloyd Ingraham, United States, 1925)
Live music by Donald Sosin

A THROW OF DICE
(d. Franz Osten, India, 1929)
Live music by Guenter Buchwald and Frank Bockius

TRAPPOLA
(d. Eugenio Perego, Italy, 1922)
Live music by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra

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