The Kennington Bioscope is a regular cinema event featuring live accompaniment to silent films that takes place at the Cinema Museum.

Asphalt (1929), directed by by Joe May with Gustav Fröhlich and Betty Amann.

Light on plot and heavy in atmosphere, Asphalt was one of the last silent films to come out of Ufa, and the German mega-studio seems to have spared no expense in its making.

The story of a young traffic cop seduced by an alluring con artist, it is also the silent swan song of director Joe May, long-time maker of detective serials and extravagant epics, and one of the last big silent films produced by Erich Pommer, the man who had overseen the creative minds behind Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari), (1920), directed by Robert Wiene, and the budget-busting Metropolis (1927), the latter of which had very nearly sunk Ufa.

We will be showing a new digital restoration.

Live piano accompaniment.

Silent film with intertitles which may be suitable for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Tickets & Pricing

£8. Seats are limited, so please arrive early or request an invitation using the email kenbioscope@gmail.com.