The Cold Heart
Alternate title(s):
Foreign Title: Das kalte Herz
Date: January 01, 1933 to December 31, 1933, January 01, 2016 to December 31, 2016
Dates Note: 1933/2016
Country of Origin:
Germany
Place of Origin: Germany
Languages:
Silent
Color: B&W
Silent: Yes
Based On: A fairy tale by Wilhelm Hauff
Additional Info:
With music track
Curator Notes
Description:
Filmed in 1931–33 by the young piano teacher Karl Ulrich Schnabel, The Cold Heart is a curiosity, a long-unfinished film that remained hidden for years until the reels were found and restored by Raff Fluri. In this morality tale set largely in the forests and villages around Berlin, our protagonist, Peter Munk (played by young Swiss actor Franz Schnyder), encounters challenges that test his soul along his magical journey. A creative exploration of film form that uses superimpositions, stop motion, and on-screen text, Schnabel’s work has an aesthetic affinity with the psychodramas of avant-garde filmmakers such as Maya Deren, Kenneth Anger, and Stan Brakhage.
Listen: Highlights from KALW Interview
Highlights from KALW's Revoluions Per Minute, February 24, 2019: Host Sarah Cahill interviews Ann Schnabel-Mottier and Francois Mottier about Ann’s father, musician-filmmaker Karl Ulrich Schnabel and the Schnabel Family Music Foundation.
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