KUHF Silent Film Concert: Destiny

Firmly set in cinema’s pantheon for his masterpieces Die Nibelungen, Metropolisand M, iconographic filmmaker Fritz Lang had his first great success with the 1921 visually exuberant, existential fairy tale Destiny, which will be shown al fresco at Discovery Green as a co-presentation under KUHF’s Silent Film Concerts, with live musical accompaniment by Austin’s The Invincible Czars. When Death (stone-faced Bernhard Goetzke) claims her fiancé, the indomitable Lil Dagover challenges The Stranger to find someone else to take her beloved’s place, setting in motion three fantasy tales from Persia, Renaissance Venice and old China in which the woman’s love is tested. Forget the German gothic metaphysics, it’s the image that’s preeminent and wildly sumptuous — that staircase to Heaven, Death appearing out of a whirl of dust, the miniature army marching out of the magician’s box, the nighttime inky Venetian canals…7 p.m. 1500 McKinney. For information, call 713-400-7336 or visit www.discoverygreen.com/eventscalendar. Free.

Related Content

• On The Bowery
  May 19, 2011
• 5 Tips for Serving Champagne and Sparkling Wine
  December 23, 2011
• Houston Symphony: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
  November 24, 2011
• The Complete Metropolis
  September 2, 2010
• Wine of the Week: Nino Franco Rustico Prosecco
  January 3, 2011

More About

• Fritz Lang
• Venice (Italy)
• Lil Dagover
• Bernhard Goetzke

Fri., March 6, 7 p.m., 2009