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Frühe Meister der Filmkunst: Der General (1926)
Early Masters of Film: The General (1926)
Event by: Filmkunst66
Location: filmkunst 66, Bleibtreustraße 12, Berlin - Bezirk Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
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The General Cavender, Jim Farley, Joe Keaton, Mike Donlin, Tom Nawn and others * 78 min. FSK 6
Silent film with English intertitles.
A southern railway worker is so fond of his two loves, a girl and a locomotive, that he breaks through the enemy lines for their sake and causes a major attack by the northern states to fail. (filmdienst.de)
It was shot on 35 mm usually with three cameras, sometimes four, although one shot - with exceptions - was always filmed with two cameras: the foreign negative was made from the material from the second camera, from which all copies for the continent were made in Europe.
Highest possible authenticity, perfect plot construction, inimitable gags as well as a fascinatingly economical and effective one Directions come together here to create a timeless masterpiece, the failure of which was nonetheless the trigger for Keaton's downfall. (filmdienst.de)
The General premiered in Tokyo on December 31, 1926, before the film had its New York premiere on February 5, 1927 and its first screening in Los Angeles on March 11, 1927. The first release in Germany took place on April 4, 1927.
It was the first time that a Keaton production made a loss.
"Everything about this film is to be admired: its simplicity and its richness, its serenity and its tension, its melancholy and its humor. All the keywords coincide. A new type of film has been created here." (Herbert Ihering)
"Do you have to comment broadly on a masterpiece? Run very quickly to look at it." (Georges Sadoul)
Silent film with English intertitles.
A southern railway worker is so fond of his two loves, a girl and a locomotive, that he breaks through the enemy lines for their sake and causes a major attack by the northern states to fail. (filmdienst.de)
It was shot on 35 mm usually with three cameras, sometimes four, although one shot - with exceptions - was always filmed with two cameras: the foreign negative was made from the material from the second camera, from which all copies for the continent were made in Europe.
Highest possible authenticity, perfect plot construction, inimitable gags as well as a fascinatingly economical and effective one Directions come together here to create a timeless masterpiece, the failure of which was nonetheless the trigger for Keaton's downfall. (filmdienst.de)
The General premiered in Tokyo on December 31, 1926, before the film had its New York premiere on February 5, 1927 and its first screening in Los Angeles on March 11, 1927. The first release in Germany took place on April 4, 1927.
It was the first time that a Keaton production made a loss.
"Everything about this film is to be admired: its simplicity and its richness, its serenity and its tension, its melancholy and its humor. All the keywords coincide. A new type of film has been created here." (Herbert Ihering)
"Do you have to comment broadly on a masterpiece? Run very quickly to look at it." (Georges Sadoul)