A silent movie concert with METROPOLIS ORCHESTER BERLIN, conducted by Burkhard Götze.

Berlin premiere of a film music milestone long thought lost!
In 1920, the Jewish composer Hans Landsberger wrote the first groundbreaking film score in cinematic history for the Expressionist silent film classic *Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam*. Yet, it had not been heard for almost 100 years: all the works of the composer and Holocaust victim were considered lost until Richard Siedhoff finally tracked down this music in 2018 and was able to reconstruct it.

Using the rediscovered music, the Munich Film Museum was finally able to digitally reconstruct the film to the highest standard – from film footage scattered across the globe. In October 2026, the film will be released on DVD as part of the Edition Filmmuseum. Both the film restoration and the original music will make their glittering Berlin premiere at this film concert.

In a conversation with Knut Elstermann, Stefan Drößler—restorer, project manager, and director of the Munich Film Museum—and Richard Siedhoff, who discovered and reconstructed the music, discuss the fascinating restoration work.