Comfort Film Presents
Silent Films and Loud Music
“Helena. Der Untergang Trojas” (1924)
with a live musical score by
Sandpusher

In partnership with the Goethe Insitut

“Helena. Der Untergang Trojas” (1924)
Pt 1
Plot: Helena. Der Untergang Trojas – titled Helen of Troy in English although the German title translates to Helen: The Fall of Troy – is made up of two movies, originally released separately: Der Raub der Helena (The Abduction of Helen) and Die Zerstörung Trojas (The Destruction of Troy). As described on the DVD cover, the film is “an unjustly forgotten classic epic of the German silent cinema in a newly reconstructed and meticulously restored version. Shooting in Munich and its surroundings with an international cast, director Manfred Noa told the story of Helen of Troy and the decade-long war between the Greeks and the Trojans.”

Director Manfred Noa
Stars
Edy DarcleaVladimir
Gajdarov
Albert Steinrück
Run Time: 119 minutes
Free
Out on the Comfort Station Lawn Weather Permitting.

About Sandpusher
Sandpusher is heavy music for heavy times, performed by experimental musicians Sam Scranton, Andrew Tham, and Nick Meryhew. Together, they put forth blocks of sound that projects urgency, volume, care, fellow feeling, harmonic extasis, unison, drop B saturation, and more. Riff away the emptiness, and riff toward the joy.
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About the Goethe Institut
Communicating with the world.
For diversity, understanding and trust.
We connect people all over the world. As a cultural institution of the Federal Republic of Germany, we promote cultural exchange, education and societal discourse in an international context, and support the teaching and learning of the German language. Together with our partners, we focus on global opportunities and challenges, bringing different perspectives into a dialogue that is based in trust. We regard the ability to listen and to reflect as the key to understanding. We are bound by principles of transparency, diversity and sustainability. These principles characterise our services and our way of working.
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Programmed for Comfort Station by Raul Benitez, Emily Perez, Luna Lux and Mat Tapey.

Sandpusher