Die Carmen von St. Pauli, from http://www.stummfilmmusiktage.de
StummFilmMusikTage is a festival of silent film and music which takes place each January, held in Erlangen, Germany. This year’s festival takes place 28-31 January, and takes as its theme ‘Tough Guys and Easy Girls’. Here’s what they mean by that:
Friday, January 29th
6pm Film Historian Kevin Brownlow introduces Josef von Sternberg and Underworld
7pm Underworld (USA 1927, 80 min, Dir: Josef von Sternberg) – Score and accompaniment: Helmut Nieberle Trio
Saturday, January 30th
4pm Buster Keaton goes crime (short Films, USA 1921 – 22, 60 min, Dir: Buster Keaton u.a.) – Score and accompaniment: Yogo Pausch
6pm Introduction Sadie Thompson and Gloria Swanson by Film Scholar Ursula von Keitz
7pm Sadie Thompson (USA 1928, 94 min, Dir: Raoul Walsh) – Score: Joseph Turrin; Accompaniment: ensemble KONTRASTE conducted by Frank Strobel
9pm Introduction to Asphalt and the German Crime film
10pm Asphalt (GER 1929, 90 min, Dir: Joe May) – Score and accompaniment: Interzone Perceptible
Sunday, January 31st
11am In the beginning there was the hold-up – treasures from the BFI Archive (GB/USA/F 1900 – 10, 60 min) – Score and accompaniment: Miller the Killer
12.30pm Slapstick-Lunch – Snacks and Short Films in the Upper Foyer
3pm Die Carmen von St. Pauli (GER 1929, 114 min, Dir: Erich Waschneck) – Score and Accompaniment: Miller the Killer con Conny Corretto
6pm Reading from the novel Dr. Mabuse by Norbert Jacques
7pm Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler – Part 1 (GER 1922, 95 min, Dir: Fritz Lang) – Score and accompaniment: Aljoscha Zimmermann Ensemble
A fine programme, though a slapstick lunch sounds a bit hazardous. The festival is being held as usual in the Markgrafentheater Erlangen, a baroque theatre built in 1719 and still in use. Details, including advance tickets, are now available from the festival site (in German and English).
The Bioscope 
We’ve been travelling over to Erlangen for this weekend for the last few years. It’s always a great event with a real eclectic mix of music to accompany some super films. The town of Erlangen is “compact and bijou” and have some nice historical sites and some great places to eat and drink. The theatre, while looking like nothing from the outside has an amazing wooden auditorium. Well worth a visit.
Thanks for that – I’d not encountered anyone who had been to it before now. It looks like an attractive festival in a unique setting, and ought to be better known. I hope it does well this year. And one day I’ll get there myself.