THE CABINATE OF DR CALIGARI – Mon 19 Nov, Exeter Phoenix NOSFORATU – Tue 20 Nov, Exeter Northcott £9, (£6 students/concessions), £4.50 Campus Cinema members / Joint tickets £16 (£10 pounds students/ concessions) £ 8 Campus Cinema members. Exeter Phoenix and Exeter's Campus Cinema are very excited to bring two of the most iconic silent films of all time to Exeter, complete with live musical accompaniment from internationally renowned musician Stephen Horne. The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (exeter Phoenix, Mon 19 Nov) is said to be one of the most influential of German Expressionist films...
A little known gem, A Cottage on Dartmoor was one of the very last silent films to be made in Britain before the talkies revolutionised cinema. It was directed by Anthony Asquith, who later became known as one of this country’s leading filmmakers, for such features as The Browning Version and The Importance of Being Earnest.
Starring Norah Baring and Ugo Henning, it is an exciting melodrama, a tale of love and revenge set on the bleak landscape of Dartmoor. In the words of one reviewer, it “out-Hitchcocks Hitchock”. It has been restored from materials in the BFI National Archive...
