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23 rd SEPTEMBER. 17.30 Yugoslav Film Archive ★ INTOLERANCE (Intolerance) Feature film Duration: 121' 35 mm, b/w, silent Screenplay and direction: D. W. Griffith Cast: Mae Marsh, Lillian Gish, ConstanceTalmadge, Robert Harron, Elmo Lincoln, Eugene Pallette Production: USA, 1916 D. W. Griffith (1875-1948) is considered by many the father of the film art. His best known films include The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance,

Hearts of the World... It is interesting that Griffith, a man who made so many innovations in the film art, believed that there would never be sound film. He said: “Films are written in sand; they are applauded today and not remembered tomorrow.” And he was wrong there because applauds still resound after his films. Intolerance shows for the first time four interlacing stories: Babylonian, Judean, French and modern American. Griffith invested a huge amount of money in the film but it did not pay off in the distribution. Today it ranks 49 th on the list of the best films of all times.

24™ SEPTEMBER, 17.30 Yugoslav Film Archive ★ THE DAMNED (La caduta degli dei) Feature film Duration: 152' 35 mm, colour Directed by: Luchino Visconti Screenplay: L. Visconti, Enrico Medioli, Nicola Badalucco Cast: Dirk Bogard, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem, Helmut Berger Production: Pegaso Film Country of production: Italy and FR Germany, 1969 Luchino Visconti di Mod rone, count Lonate Pocoio was a member of the Communist Party of Italy although of aristocratic origin and member of one of the richest and most influential families. He went to Paris and began his film career as Jean Renoir's assistant. He authored about twenty of the best Italian and world films Hitler takes over the power in Germany. Apparent harmony reigns in the powerful Essenbeck family of industrialists, but each of the sons has his eye on the inheritance. The situation is made worse by a big difference in political affiliations and preferences.

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