The Joker (The Life of the Party)

The Joker  

Jokeren Danemark 1928 | Georg Jacoby | vostEN | 102’ | digital | Cast : Henry Edwards, Renée Héribel, Elga Brink, Gabriel Gabrio

> Accompanied live on the piano by Hughes Maréchal

It is springtime, and people set out for Nice, France, to attend the city’s annual carnival. However, a car accident becomes the catalyst of a complicated love story and a showdown between a fashionable con artist and a young bon vivant known as the “Joker.”

« The blackmail plot could have been wrapped up in an hour but this enchanting film was prolonged by scene after scene of dancing, and elegant debauchery. This is not a complaint by any means. The whole affair is a romp, each frame crammed with action, glamour and a little appealing eccentricity. You have never seen so many streamers and glasses of champagne. Jacoby and his cast have coloured right to the edges, and I was nothing if not entertained. » (Silent London)