Why Sherlock? In 2009, a small but very valuable collection of film tapes containing lost films from the silent movie era were discovered in a church basement in Sosnowiec. Among them was The Hound of the Baskervilles from 1929, directed by Richard Oswald. This movie, the last silent film based on a story featuring the brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes, was restored by FINA in a partnership project with the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. As a result, their collection now contains the only known surviving 35 mm print of the film. The premiere screening of this restored find will open the 16th Silent Movie Festival.
The decision to present The Hound of the Baskervilles was the starting point for a program of films from that period where the heroes are either Sherlock himself or detectives inspired by him, among them Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Berthelet from 1916 (found in 2014), with the legendary William Gillette in the title role.
Although this cinematic genre has featured before at the Silent Movie Festival, this will be the first time that they have shown adaptations of the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and these films will also be supplemented with other references to the genre, pastiches and apocrypha. Particularly noteworthy are two films in which the main characters are women: The Secret Castle from 1914 and Filibus, directed by Mario Roncoroni, from 1915, which is something of a genre hybrid – this will be the global sneak preview of a recently restored version.
Another important element of the program is a show created by Serge Bromberg in which he showcases his personal selection of films. This French champion of silent cinema, known as the ‘Indiana Jones of Lost Movies’, has for decades been bringing silent movies closer to cinema audiences, and has constantly surprised all with his innovative approach to the subject.
While the full program won’t be revealed until the day of the show, it will contain the most valuable films from the first years of the twentieth century: After the Ball (1897) and The Fireman of the Folies Bergères from 1927 featuring an uncredited Josephine Baker. Some of these films have never been shown before in Poland on the big screen in their restored versions.
Movies From 100 Years Ago
This edition of the Silent Movie Festival will also see the launch of a new permanent cycle in the repertoire of the Iluzjon cinema, entitled simply Movies From 100 Years Ago. Throughout the year, and not just on ‘special festival occasions’, the cycle will present movies considered milestones in the development of world cinema. One of these latter films is the 1919 movie which will open the cycle – Behind the Door.
A Weekend with Sherlock at Wałbrzyska 3/5
While traditionally held at the Iluzjon cinema, since the establishment of FINA The Silent Movie Festival also has at their disposal the premises of the newly-established institution. As such, this year Holmes fans are invited to 3/5 Wałbrzyska Street for a wide range of activities before screenings at Iluzjon. Together with the organizers of Sherlockon, they have prepared workshops, panels, lectures, radio plays and film screenings, which means that even the most fastidious ‘Sherlockists’ will find something of interest for them…
Kwa nini Sherlock? Mkusanyiko mdogo lakini wa thamani sana wa mkanda wa filamu unaojumuisha filamu zilizopotea kutoka enzi ya filamu za kimya uligunduliwa katika chumba cha chini cha kanisa huko Sosnowiec mnamo 2009. "Mchezo wa kwanza wa ""The Hound of the Baskervilles"" ulianza mwaka 1929 na Richard Oswald." Filamu hiyo ya mwisho ya kimya iliyotegemea hadithi ya Sherlock Holmes, ilirekebishwa na FINA katika mradi wa ushirikiano na tamasha la San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Kwa sababu hiyo, sasa mkusanyiko wao una nakala pekee ya filamu hiyo ya 35mm iliyopatikana. Maonyesho ya kwanza ya filamu hiyo ya kwanza ya sinema ya sinema ya 16th Silent Film Festival. "Mfano wa filamu ya ""The Hound of the Baskervilles"" ni Sherlock Holmes, na filamu ya ""The Hound of the Baskervilles"" ni Sherlock Holmes, na filamu ya ""The Hound of the Baskervilles"" ni Sherlock Holmes, na filamu ya ""The Hound of the Baskervilles"" ni Sherlock Holmes, na filamu ya ""The Hound of the Baskervilles"" ni Sherlock Holmes." Ingawa aina hii ya filamu imeonyeshwa hapo awali katika Tamasha la Sinema ya Ukimya, hii itakuwa mara ya kwanza kwamba wameonyesha marekebisho ya kazi za Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, na filamu hizi pia zitazingatiwa na marejeo mengine ya aina hiyo, pastiches na apocrypha. Filamu mbili ambazo zina wanawake wakuu ni The Secret Castle (1914) na Filibus (1915) iliyoongozwa na Mario Ronconi, ambayo ni aina ya aina ya filamu ya kisasa. Sehemu nyingine muhimu ya programu ni show iliyoundwa na Serge Bromberg ambayo anaonyesha uteuzi wake binafsi wa filamu. Mchezaji huyo wa filamu ya kimya wa Ufaransa, anayejulikana kama 'Indiana Jones wa filamu zilizopotea', amekuwa akileta filamu za kimya karibu na watazamaji wa sinema kwa miongo kadhaa, na amewashangaza wote kwa mbinu yake ya ubunifu ya mada hiyo. Ingawa programu kamili haitafunuliwa hadi siku ya maonyesho, itakuwa na filamu zenye thamani zaidi kutoka miaka ya kwanza ya karne ya ishirini: Baada ya Ball (1897) na The Fireman of the Folies Bergères kutoka 1927 na uncredited Josephine Baker. Baadhi ya filamu hizo hazijawahi kuonyeshwa hapo awali nchini Poland kwenye skrini kubwa katika matoleo yao yaliyorudishwa. Filamu kutoka miaka 100 iliyopita: Toleo hili la Tamasha la Sinema ya Silent pia litazingatia uzinduzi wa mzunguko mpya wa kudumu katika repertoire ya sinema ya Iluzion, yenye jina la Sinema kutoka miaka 100 iliyopita. Katika mwaka mzima, na si tu katika "matukio maalum ya tamasha", mzunguko utawasilisha filamu zinazochukuliwa kuwa hatua muhimu katika maendeleo ya sinema ya ulimwengu. Filamu ya mwisho ni filamu ya 1919 ambayo itafungua mzunguko wa <unk> Behind the Door. A Weekend with Sherlock at Wałbrzych 3 5 - Ukumbi wa filamu wa Iluzion, ambao ni sehemu ya tamasha la filamu za kimya, ni moja ya filamu za kimya zaidi duniani. Mwaka huu, mashabiki wa Holmes wamealikwa kwenye 3 5 Wałbrzych Street kwa shughuli mbalimbali kabla ya maonyesho katika Iluzion. Pamoja na waandaaji wa Sherlockon, wamepanga warsha, paneli, mihadhara, michezo ya redio na maonyesho ya filamu, ambayo inamaanisha kwamba hata "Sherlockists" wenye bidii zaidi watapata kitu cha kuvutia kwao...