Silent Night – venture into the London fog with one of the greatest directors of all time at a special screening of a Hitchcock classic as part of Norwich Film Festival as it hosts Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lodger at the old Noverre Cinema.
Directed by Hitchcock in 1927, this silent thriller is generally acknowledged to be the film where, ironically, he first found his distinctive voice.
Norwich Film Festival will present The Lodger (PG) with live piano accompaniment by leading silent film accompanist and resident BFI Piano Player Stephen Horne at The Assembly House in Norwich on November 12 in what used to be the old Noverre Cinema.
There will also be a brief introduction to the film by British Film historian Dr Paul Firth from the University of East Anglia.
Craig Higgins of Norwich Film Festival said: “Silent films are the backbone of cinema and without them we wouldn’t be where we are today in film as it allowed filmmakers of the time the opportunity to learn about storytelling, the importance of editing, camera work and so forth.”