The great dictator film with live music

Sun, Apr 11, 2027 at 7:30pm

About this event

A globe, a moustache, a barber and spaghetti:
these are just some of the iconic images from Charlie Chaplin’s cinematic masterpiece, The Great Dictator. Filmed at the beginning of World War II, this political satire incorporates language and sound effects as fully-fledged comic ingredients. But underneath the laughter lurked a painful prescience that still resonates today…
Ciné-concert part of the «Les Rendez-vous de l’UNESCO» series, organised as part of the Executing peace exhibition at the Bibliothèque nationale du Luxembourg.
Production Philharmonie in collaboration with the Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg
Charlie Chaplin™ © Bubbles Incorporated SA
The Great Dictator © Roy Export S.A.S
Music from The Great Dictator © Roy Export Company Ltd. and Bourne Co.

The music: Film: The Great Dictator; Charlie Chaplin: réalisation, scénario, musique; Meredith Willson: musique; Timothy Brock: arrangements
The artists: Orchestre national de Metz Grand Est; Timothy Brock (conductor)

Summary

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A ciné-concert screening of Charlie Chaplin's political satire The Great Dictator, presented with a live orchestral performance of the film's score. The Orchestre national de Metz Grand Est performs under conductor Timothy Brock, who also arranged the music drawn from Chaplin's original compositions and Meredith Willson's contributions. The screening runs 125 minutes without an intermission and is part of the UNESCO Rendez-vous series tied to the Executing peace exhibition at the National Library, produced in collaboration with the Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg.