Silent Film with Live Electronic Music

A silent Western from the Soviet Union: Lev Kuleshov's gold-panning drama PO SAKONU (By the Law, USSR 1926) is regarded as one of the most significant films of the 20s. It tells the story of five adventures who look for and find gold in the Yukon. After two murders, the survivors are confronted with an existential dilemma - in a log cabin in the midst of ice, snow and high water. Alexandra Chochlova plays the unusual leading role in this minimalist film of striking visual power. We are happy to be able to present the print restored by the Austrian Film Museum for the first time in Berlin – with the soundtrack especially composed for it by Franz Reisecker, one of the key figures in Austria's progressive crossover music scene, which will be performed by him live.