The second movie night with Sascha Kolowrat and his “Café Elektric”

On Wednesday 21 Sep 2016 viewers in the Lucerna cinema had the chance to see another in the series of famous silent films by Sascha Kolowrat, – “Café Elektric”. For Sascha Kolowrat this was to be his last film, but for Marlene Dietrich, whom Sascha Kolowrat introduced to the silver screen, it was her first big motion picture role.

The film was augmented by German title cards, Czech subtitles and live musical accompaniment – by Beata Hlavenková, the Czech jazz pianist and songwriter. You can find many more interesting snippets in conversations between Lady Dominika Kolowrat-Krakowsky and Richard Pecha, the author of the biography entitled ‘Petrol & Celluloid’.