The National Film Institute (NFI) said on Monday that this week’s Lumiere Film Festival in Lyon will feature a screening of Hungarian director Alfred Deesy’s 1920 silent film After Death.
The film, remastered in 4K as part of a Belgian-French-Hungarian project, will feature in the festival’s “Sublime moments in silent film” section, the NFI said.
After Death, “a rare example of the silent film era’s popular ghost stories”, is among the three Hungarian fantastical silent films that have survived from the 42 that were produced.
The NFI noted that Deesy’s film is an adaptation of a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux, who is also known for The Phantom of the Opera.
After Death stars internationally famed actress Kamilla Hollay in the lead role, and is also recognised for its rich colour palette and unique technical elements.
The film was remastered in 2023 as part of the Association of European Cinematheques’ (ACE) A Season of Classic Films programme supported by the European Union’s Creative Europe scheme.
The single almost-complete film copy can be found in the Royal Belgian Film Archive.
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