Metropolis de Fritz Lang © Fritz Lang / Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung

Joël Grare © Matthias Nicolas

Metropolis de Fritz Lang © Fritz Lang / Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung

Metropolis de Fritz Lang © Fritz Lang / Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung

Metropolis de Fritz Lang © Fritz Lang / Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung

Thierry Escaich © Marie Rolland

Metropolis

Fritz Lang - Thierry Escaich - Joël Grare

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Film & Music Performance

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Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie

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Duration: about 2h35

Program

Distribution

Film de Fritz Lang, Allemagne, 1927

Un film du fonds Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung à Wiesbaden

Thierry Escaich , organ, improvisations

Joël Grare , percussion, improvisations

Organist Thierry Escaich is a regular performer at the Philharmonie de Paris, where he improvises original music to accompany silent film masterpieces. For Metropolis, a film he knows well, he shares the stage with percussionist Joël Grare.

Karina-Canellakis

Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie

Getting here

Porte de Pantin station
Paris Underground (Métro) Line 5
Tram 3B

Address

221 avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris

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