Post by John Green on Sept 14, 2021 16:28:14 GMT
A powerful anti-fascist film which was seized by the Nazis and thought to have been lost forever is to receive its world premiere at the London film festival.
The 1931 film Europa, made in Warsaw by surrealist husband and wife Stefan and Franciszka Themerson, has gained mythical status in film history with several attempts to remake or reimagine it.
No one thought a copy still existed until it was rediscovered by chance in Germany’s national archives, the Bundesarchiv, in 2019.
A restoration of the film, with a newly commissioned soundtrack, will get its world premiere at the BFI London film festival on 6 October. The festival will run from 6 to 17 October.
www.theguardian.com/film/2021/sep/14/rediscovered-1931-film-europa-world-premiere-london-themerson
The 1931 film Europa, made in Warsaw by surrealist husband and wife Stefan and Franciszka Themerson, has gained mythical status in film history with several attempts to remake or reimagine it.
No one thought a copy still existed until it was rediscovered by chance in Germany’s national archives, the Bundesarchiv, in 2019.
A restoration of the film, with a newly commissioned soundtrack, will get its world premiere at the BFI London film festival on 6 October. The festival will run from 6 to 17 October.
www.theguardian.com/film/2021/sep/14/rediscovered-1931-film-europa-world-premiere-london-themerson
