Silent movie with live music for adventure and shadow play
A wicked African sorcerer uses a magic horse to hoodwink the great Caliph and kidnap his beautiful daughter, Dinarzade. At that moment, her brother, the brave Prince Achmed, will set off on a great adventure to rescue his sister, which will take him to all the corners of the earth. He will be forced to deal with terrible dangers but he will also find love.
The Galician ensemble Caspervek puts live music to The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926), the oldest cartoon feature film in the world that still exists. The director, Lotte Reiniger, created a technique of silhouettes out of manipulated cut-outs made from cardboard and thin lead plates under a camera. The German filmmaker needed three years to make this film aesthetically based on the ancient Wayang shadow theatre.
Caspervek’s score for The Adventures of Prince Achmed is one of the band’s greatest successes (European benchmark for films/concerts) and one of the most interpreted over the years with performances in Spain, Slovakia and Latvia. The score breaks away from its usual style to delve into the sounds of the different regions appearing in the film. Brais González has composed an arrangement for orchestra of this work, where the east African rhythms, oriental melodies and typical Arabian harmonies stand out.
Description:
Title: Las Aventuras del Príncipe Achmed Director: Lotte Reiniger Composer: Brais González Pérez
