Posted: Fri., Jan. 5, 2007, 10:10am PT

Rossellini to give voice to 'Brain'

Madden silent film to be performed in Berlin

By Erik Kirschbaum

BERLIN — Isabella Rossellini will provide a live narration of an experimental silent film as part of the Berlinale's Forum section.

Guy Maddin's "Brand Upon the Brain!," making its European premiere, will be performed as a live spectacle with the Deutsche Oper Berlin's orchestra, a castrato's voice as well as foley artists bringing sound effects alive.

Rossellini, who appeared in Maddin's "The Saddest Music in the World," will lead the audience through the film as a narrator in the one-time performance at 9.30 p.m. on Feb. 15.

Pic is a family drama about childhood memories with the protagonist returning to his childhood stomping ground, a mysterious lighthouse island.