Name: Stadtwerke Summer Cinema
Start: 2025-08-23T20:30:00
Location: Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord

Stefanos Tsialis

Duisburger Philharmoniker

When the magic of film blends with the magic of the night sky, Duisburg cinephiles know it's time for the Stadtwerke Summer Cinema. Under the direction of Stefanos Tsialis, the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra is once again participating in this cult open-air event this season. On screen: Charlie Chaplin's last great silent film masterpiece, "Modern Times." On the music stands: the moving music that the leading actor, director, screenwriter, and producer Chaplin composed for this classic of film history, which premiered in 1936 – with the help of accomplished Hollywood musicians, incidentally, as he couldn't read or even write music. From the noisy sounds of the machine age to echoes of Giacomo Puccini's music, Charlie Chaplin, seen here for the last time as a tramp with a mustache, cane, and hat, uses a diverse palette of moods for the catchy soundtrack. Above all, the yearning final melody is well known not only to enthusiastic moviegoers, but with a subsequent text version entitled “Smile” it still has a musical life of its own today.