ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester / Brock

Burlesque humour, breathtaking stunts and inimitable charm: Buster Keaton’s »Steamboat Bill, Jr.« from 1928 is one of the classics of American silent cinema. When the slight Bill returns home, he is nothing but a bitter disappointment to his strict father, a hard-nosed Mississippi steamboat captain. And as if that weren’t enough, young Bill also falls in love with the daughter of his father’s biggest rival! When slapstick and quiet poetry meet on screen, silent film specialist Timothy Brock takes to the podium of the RSO Vienna and, with his music, strikes the perfect balance between comedy and melancholy. Will the dreamy, clumsy captain’s son manage to win his father over? And will there be a happy ending? See and hear for yourselves!