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Cinema and cabaret on the theme of the old Weimar Republic. Dressing up is encouraged and there are all sorts of ways to join in the fun.

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The Adventures Of Prince Achmed and The Blue Angel

The Adventures Of Prince Achmed (Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed) (Country: Germany; Year: 1926; Director: Carl Koch, Lotte Reiniger; Writer: Lotte Reiniger)

Beautiful silhouette take on the Arabian nights and a piece of celluloid history.

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The Blue Angel (Der Blaue Engel) (Country: Germany; Year: 1930; Director: Josef Von Sternberg; Writer: Robert Liebmann, Karl Zuckmayer, Karl Volloeller, based on the novel, Professor Unrath, by Heinrich Mann; Stars: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Hans Albers, Edward Von Winterstein)

A middle-aged professor becomes infatuated with a night club dancer.

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Berlin: Symphony Of A Great City (Country: Germany; Year: 1927; Director: Walter Ruttmann; Stars: Paul Von Hindenburg)

Walter Ruttmann’s groundbreaking documentary captures the pulse of Berlin in a single day in the late 1920s. It is a moment of calm between the nightmare of the Depression and the horrors of the Nazi era. Inspired by Dziga Vertov (The Man with a Movie Camera), he compiles an impressionistic portrait of a bustling metropolis from the first light of dawn to the last gasp of the city’s neon-lit nightlife. Cameras hidden on vehicles and in suitcases capture an authentic picture of children hurrying to school, factories billowing smoke, rush-hour traffic and even the President Paul von Hindenburg. It is a wonderful time capsule made all the more poignant by the city’s virtual destruction in the Second World War. This special screening is accompanied by a live improvised performance from Scottish Jazz Trio AAB as musicians Tom and Phil Bancroft and Kevin Mckenzie rock the house with a unique fusion of bop, folk, house and indie rock. www.weimarvellous.com