Poetry performance Fauno (1917) (1994 / 2002 Lumière Project restoration)

Il fauno / Der Traum von der Liebe – Ein erotisches Spiel von Febo Mari. Plakat zur Uraufführung des Films Frühjahr 1919 in Österreich. Entwurf Rolf Saal, Österreich 1919. Druck ROB-Verlag (Karl Rob), Wien. Image: Sitatatirulala / Plakate & Inserate / Pinterest.

IT 1917. PC: Ambrosio (Torino). D+SC: Febo Mari. DP: Giuseppe Paolo Vitrotti.
    Starring Febo Mari (the Faun), Helena Makowska (Femmina, the Princess), Nietta Mordeglia (Fede, the Model), Vasco Creti (Arte, the Sculptor).
    1325 m /18 fps/ 64 min.
    The Lumière Project restored Desmet version 1994 / 2002 (Cineteca del Friuli / Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino / la Cinémathèque Royale de Bruxelles – based on prints at Torino and Helsinki).
    Accompanied by poetry and some electric guitar strumming by Tuomas Timonen.
    Viewed at Orion, Helsinki, 22 April 2005.

The milestone of Italian Symbolist cinema revisited in its restored version, as a performance with live poetry commentary.