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Summary:

The mesmeric parable of societal collapse is an enigma of transcendent visual, philosophical, and mystical resonance. Adapted from a novel by Ls̀zl ̤Krasznahorkai, Werckmeister Harmonies unfolds in an unknown time in an unnamed village, where, one day, a mysterious circus completed with an enormous stuffed whale and a shadowy, demagogue-like figure known as the Prince arrives and appears to awaken a kind of madness in the citizens that builds inexorably toward violence. In thirty-nine hypnotic long takes engraved in ghostly black and white, auteur Bľa Tarr and codirector-editor ℓgnes Hranitzky conjure an apocalyptic vision of dreamlike dread and fathomless beauty.

Contributors:

Goëss, Franz , film producer

Saadoun, Paul , film producer

Szita, Miklos , film producer

Vietinghoff, Joachim von , film producer

Krasznahorkai, László , screenwriter

Tarr, Béla, 1955- , film director, screenwriter

Hranitzky, Ágnes , film director

Rudolph, Lars, 1966- , actor

Fitz, Peter, 1931-2013 , actor

Schygulla, Hanna, 1943- , actor

Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

Hungarian
English

Language Notes:

Hungarian dialogue; English subtitles.

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 1215

Subjects:

Circus — Hungary — Drama

Abnormalities, Human — Drama

Curiosities and wonders — Drama

Circus

Abnormalities, Human

Curiosities and wonders

Hungary

Genres:

Motion pictures

Feature films

Fiction films

Detective and mystery films

Drama

System Details:

Blu-ray, region A; monaural sound.

Performers:

Cast: Lars Rudolph, Peter Fitz, Hanna Schygulla.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Gabor Medvigy ; editor, Agnes Hranitzky ; music, Mihaly Vig.

General Notes:

Description based on: Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2000.
Wide screen (1.66:1).

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (145 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; sound

Film Characteristics:

1.66:1; wide screen

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; region A

Call Numbers:

WER 2000 BLU

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515294911
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: CC3545UHDBD (container)

OCLC Numbers:

1457050382