Cyankali

D: Hans Tintner
W: Hans Tintner
C: Günther Krampf
M: Willy Schmidt-Gentner
A: Herma Ford, Grete Mosheim, Nico Turoff, Claus Clausen, Margarete Kupfer
P: Atlantis-Film GmbH
Prod: Hans Tintner
WP: May 1930 

Original format: 35mm, b/w
Screening print: 2K DCP, 91 min, Deutsche Kinemathek

This is the world premiere of the digital restoration, based on the original 35mm image and 35mm sound negatives (both nitrate). The image negative contains gaps resulting from cuts and edits made for censorship reasons and during the film’s archival history since its first release. Four of the original ten reels of the soundtrack are missing and, despite extensive research, could not be replaced. The digitization was funded by the German Film Heritage Program (FFE). The missing soundtrack passages will be re-scored live by cellist Paul Rittel during the screening.

has been the artistic director of the Deutsche Kinemathek since June 2025 and is responsible for the “Retrospective” and “Berlinale Classics” sections of the Berlin International Film Festival. She studied Slavic languages, Eastern European history and economics in Amsterdam and Russian philology in Saint Petersburg. Her career has taken her to organizations including the broadcasters ARTE, SWR and RBB. From 2014 to 2016, she headed the dokumentART festival; from 2017 to 2025, she led goEast. Her work focuses on Central and Eastern European cinema as well as the culture of remembrance and immersive formats. Gerritsen is active internationally as a curator, writer and jury member.

is a film scholar and cultural historian with a doctorate in the field. Since 2022, she has been head of the film archive at the Deutsche Kinemathek, including overseeing the archive’s distribution and programming work. As the lead curator of the “Film Restored” festival, she is responsible for the strategic and thematic direction of the event as well as its program. Since 2025, she has served on the executive committee of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF). She holds seminars on audiovisual history and archiving at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg for the next generation of filmmakers. Jochum has previously undertaken work and research at institutions including the Goethe-Institut, the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, University College London and Yale University.

is a professional cellist, composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist from Bonn, Germany. He discovered his passion for various musical genres and instruments at an early age and later studied both classical music and jazz and pop in Essen, Arnhem and Cologne. Under the stage name of Plush Rebel, he releases his own music – currently with a focus on dub reggae, progressive rock and funk – as well as interdisciplinary conceptual art projects. In addition, Rittel works as a freelance musician (session, studio and events), music teacher, producer and composer across a wide range of genres including pop and rock, classical, jazz, theater, silent film and in the visual arts.