Die Sklavenkönigin - The Moon of Israel
'Die Sklavenkönigin' ('The Queen of the Slaves', English title: 'The Moon of Israel') is an Austrian-British silent film.
Shot in 1924, it is one of the most monumental productions to be filmed in Austria in the 1920s.
In this presentation the film is accompanied by voice, organ and live-electronics. The voice represents on the one hand the prophet Moses, moral authority of the enslaved Israelites, and on the other - in the style of the BENSHI from the Japanese silent film tradition - acts as narrator throughout the film, rendering the scenes with dialogue as in a sound film.
In this presentation the film is accompanied by voice, organ and live-electronics. The voice represents on the one hand the prophet Moses, moral authority of the enslaved Israelites, and on the other - in the style of the BENSHI from the Japanese silent film tradition - acts as narrator throughout the film, rendering the scenes with dialogue as in a sound film.