D: Harry Piel
SP: Edmund Heuberger
DoP: Georg Muschner, Gotthardt Wolff
C: Harry Piel, Dary Holm, José Davert, Lissy Arna, Albert Paulig
P: Phoebus-Film AG (Berlin)

Original format: 35 mm, 1:1.33, b/w / tinted
Screening print: 2K DCP, 86 min, Filmmuseum Düsseldorf

Long considered lost, a print of ‘Adventure on the Night Express’ was found in the French LOBSTER collection but seemed to go missing again after a devastating fire in a Parisian nitrate vault. This exact print, however, miraculously reappeared in the Austrian film archive. Severely damaged, dirty, and chemically decomposed, this single surviving copy presented the restoration team with many challenges. The restoration was made possible through the Film Heritage Funding Program (FFE).

Udo Erdenreich, Karen Thastum and Dieter Kölsch create timeless soundscapes for films using the clarinet, flute, bass, jaw harp, hurdy-gurdy, cajon, cymbals and various other tuned instruments. The three musicians have been working at the interface between image and sound for 30 years with various media. Their music is inspired by traditions from all over the world, as well as jazz and industrial trance.

is head of collections and restoration at the Filmmuseum Düsseldorf. After graduating in film studies, he worked for Warner Brothers and other media companies. Since 2006, he has been responsible for the collections at the Film Museum and has expanded the film archive to over 20,000 titles, as well as set up the restoration department. His main interest lies in researching early German film and making it visible, especially the genre of suspense films, with a special focus on the almost forgotten silent film star, Harry Piel.