Kino-Konzert mit André Desponds: Our Hospitality – Buster Keaton

William McKay, the last man, unsuspectingly falls in love with the last survivor of the enemy family. Protected by the law of hospitality, he escapes with his life, but has to endure the most hair-raising dangers and adventurous chases. "This was Keaton's second feature film and his first feature-length masterpiece. (…) The setting of the story (the year 1831, in the early days of the railway) is integrated into the plot and all the laughs spring directly from the story and the characters. Buster's rescue of his lover from a waterfall is one of the most daring and legendary acrobatic stunts ever." (Tony Rayns, Time Out Film Guide)
Screenplay: Jean C. Havez, Clyde Bruckman, Joseph A. Mitchell
Cinematography: Gordon Jennings, Elgin Lessley

With: Buster Keaton (William McKay), Joe Roberts (Joseph Canfield), Natalie Talmadge (Virginia, Canfield's daughter), Ralph Bushman (Clayton, Canfield's son), Craig Ward (Lee, Canfield's other son), Monte Collins (Reverend Dorsey), Kitty Bradbury (Aunt Mary), Joe Keaton (Lem Doolittle, the engineer), Buster Keaton Jr. (Willie MacKay as a one-year-old), Jean Dumas (Mrs. McKay), Edward Coxon (John McKay), Leonard Clapham (James Canfield)

75 min., b/w, Digital HD, silent film, e Zw'titel, ab 6/8