05 May 2019, 12.00 AM
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival will screen Sir Arne's Treasure directed by Mauritz Stiller and with musical accompaniment by Matti Bye Ensemble.
Sir Arne's Treasure is Mauritz Stiller's adaptation of Nobel-prize-winning author Selma Lagerlöf's novel of murder and revenge. It is set against a harsh, icy landscape perfectly captured by Julius Jaenzon's painterly camerawork.
Sir Arne's Treasure
Program presented by Swedish Honorary Consul General Mrs. Barbro S. Osher.
When: Sunday, May 5 at 5:00 PM
Where: The Castro Theatre, 429 Castro Street, San Francisco
Tickets: Swedish Consulate discount code for Sir Arne's Treasure is CSWSF. Tickets
Musical accompaniment by The Matti Bye Ensemble, an orchestra that plays music for silent movie performances and led by award-winning film composer Matti Bye, who has been the Swedish Film Institute's resident silent-movie pianist since 1989. In addition to Bye, the ensemble members include Helena Espvall, Kristian Holmgren, Lotta Johanson, and Laura Naukkarinen.
The Matti Bye Ensemble will also accompany the following silent films:
Earth (Zemlya)
The third installment of Dovzhenko's "Ukraine Trilogy," Earth is his masterpiece. Peasants and rich landowners come into conflict when a tractor, a gift of the Bolshevik government, disrupts a village's traditional economic order. Exquisitely shot, humane, and heartfelt, Earth has been chosen time and again as one of the most important silent films ever made.
When: Thursday, May 2 at 5:00 PM
Where: The Castro Theatre, 429 Castro Street, San Francisco
Tickets: Screening of Earth
Musical accompaniment by the Matti Bye Ensemble.
Inferno
A tour through the Nine Circles of Hell, Inferno from 1911 depicts the first part of Dante's 14th century epic poem The Divine Comedy in such vivid imagery even nonbelievers might find themselves lurching toward the confessional.
When: Saturday, May 4 at 9:15 PM
Where: The Castro Theatre, 429 Castro Street, San Francisco
Tickets: Screening of Inferno
Musical accompaniment by the Matti Bye Ensemble with intertitle narration by Paul McGann.
For more information:
San Francisco Silent Film Festival
The Matti Bye Ensemble
Special support provided by the Consulate General of Sweden in San Francisco and the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation.
