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A COTTAGE ON DARTMOOR
♪ Live piano accompaniment by Steve Sterner ♪
U.K., 1929
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Starring Norah Baring, Uno Henning, Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Approx. 88 min. 35mm.
“A COTTAGE ON DARTMOOR is an embroiled melodrama, a tale of love and revenge, shot on location on the bleak landscape of Dartmoor. Overlooked by critics eager to heap praise upon his contemporary, Hitchcock, and the much lauded BLACKMAIL (released the same year), A COTTAGE ON DARTMOOR is a thoughtful distillation of the best of European silent film techniques from a director steeped in the work of the Soviet avant-garde and German expressionism. One of the last silent films to be made in Britain before the talkies revolutionized cinema, Asquith’s film is a virtuoso piece of filmmaking, a final passionate cry in defence of an art form soon to be obsolete.” – BFI
Reviews
“A striking passion play… It's eminently handsome, both in the simpatico performances and in Asquith's crisp, adventurous, Eisensteinian montage.”
– Time Out
“Asquith takes those who are lucky enough to see A COTTAGE ON DARTMOOR today on a whirlwind tour of high artistry from the silent era, as it was enjoyed then and is celebrated now.”
– San Francisco Silent Film Festival