Welte Cinema Organ (interior view); Photo: D. Linke

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Welte Cinema Organ
The Welte Cinema Organ is the largest exhibit of the film and cinema technology collection. Used for accompanying silent films, the organ imitates sounds and instruments.

New Publication: The Welte cinema organ

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Music affects emotions – which is why it has been integral to the film world for over 100 years.
Today, silent films with organ accompaniment are nostalgic experiences.
Here you can read about the invention of the cinema organ, how it works and
where the Filmmuseum’s Welte-Cinema-Organ came from. Inaugurated in 1929,
it has been pleasing the audience in Potsdam since 1993.
As soon as an organist sits down at the organ, which barely escaped the scrapyard,
cinemagoers realise what a worthwhile rescue operation it was.

Publisher: Filmmuseum Potsdam 2009, Editor: Bärbel Dalichow, 68 pages, 22 illustrations,
ISBN: 978-39812104-1-5, 5 Euros

Silent film screenings
Discover the magic of the early days of filmmaking! Accompanied on the Welte Cinema Organ with its powerful sounds, films from the silent era will introduce you to the exciting beginnings of cinema!

Welte Cinema Organ CD
Potsdam Film Museum′s first CD with the artists William Davies (GB) / Helmut Schulte (D) / Simon Gledhill (GB)

Lecture
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Thiel (Musikschule Potsdam)