What is Variety / Asphalt about?

Name: Variety / Asphalt
Genre: Drama,Romance

VARIETY (VARIETÉ), 1925, Paramount, 72 min. Dir. E.A. Dupont. Emil Jannings stars as Boss Huller a former trapeze artist who abandons his wife and child for a young vamp. He ends up behind bars telling his sad story to a prison warden after he murders his mistress’ latest conquest. The original American release received a number of censorship cuts that reduced the running time by half, but here the uncensored version will be shown. With English intertitles. ASPHALT, 1929, 90 min. Dir. Joe May. A beautiful jewel thief seduces the honest policeman who arrests her after a robbery. Betty Amann and Gustav Frohlich star in what is considered one of the last German Expressionist films of the era. The visual style combined with the pulp narrative gives ASPHALT the feel of a film noir, the Hollywood-created genre that became popular in the 1940s and was influenced by German cinema of the 1920s. With English intertitles. Both films will be presented with live piano accompaniment.

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What is Variety / Asphalt about?: VARIETY (VARIETÉ), 1925, Paramount, 72 min. Dir. E.A. Dupont. Emil Jannings stars as Boss Huller a former trapeze artist who abandons his wife and child for a young vamp. He ends up behind bars telling his sad story to a prison warden after he murders his mistress’ latest conquest. The original American release received a number of censorship cuts that reduced the running time by half, but here the uncensored version will be shown. With English intertitles.
ASPHALT, 1929, 90 min. Dir. Joe May. A beautiful jewel thief seduces the honest policeman who arrests her after a robbery. Betty Amann and Gustav Frohlich star in what is considered one of the last German Expressionist films of the era. The visual style combined with the pulp narrative gives ASPHALT the feel of a film noir, the Hollywood-created genre that became popular in the 1940s and was influenced by German cinema of the 1920s. With English intertitles. Both films will be presented with live piano accompaniment.