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Die Werckmeisterschen Harmonien

Ungarn Deutschland Frankreich 1998-2000 Spielfilm

Werckmeister Harmonies

A traveling circus comes to a small Hungarian town in winter. Its main attractions are a stuffed whale and a mysterious "Prince". Even before the circus's arrival, rumors are spreading that it has caused chaos at previous stops. Accompanied by a huge crowd of men from surrounding villages, the circus arrives at the small town's marketplace. The local authorities fear a threat to their order, as the crowd falls for the Princes' inflammatory words and a blind rage is unleashed on the population of the small town. The violence can only be stopped with the help of a military command.

Credits

Director

  • Béla Tarr
  • Ágnes Hranitzky

Screenplay

  • László Krasznahorkai
  • Béla Tarr

Director of photography

  • Miklós Gurbán
  • Gábor Medvigy
  • Emil Novák
  • Erwin Lanzensberger
  • Rob Tregenza

Editing

  • Ágnes Hranitzky

Music

  • Mihály Víg

Cast

  • Lars Rudolph
    János Valuska
  • Peter Fitz
    György Eszter
  • Hanna Schygulla
    Tünde Eszter
  • János Derzsi
    Mann in Leinenjacke
  • Georgi Rositsch
    Mann in Westernstiefeln
  • Tamás Wichmann
    Mann mit Seglermütze
  • Ferenc Kállai
    Direktor
  • Mihály Kormos
    Faktotum
  • Putyi Horváth
    Porter
  • Éva Almássy Albert
    Tante Piri

Production company

  • Goëss Film (Budapest)
  • Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion GmbH (Berlin)
  • 13 Productions (Marseille)

Producer

  • Miklós Szita
  • Joachim von Vietinghoff
  • Franz Goess
  • Paul Saadoun

Alle Credits

Director

  • Béla Tarr
  • Ágnes Hranitzky

Screenplay

  • László Krasznahorkai
  • Béla Tarr

based on

  • László Krasznahorkai (Roman "The Melancholy of Resistance")

Director of photography

  • Miklós Gurbán
  • Gábor Medvigy
  • Emil Novák
  • Erwin Lanzensberger
  • Rob Tregenza

Camera operator

  • Patrick de Ranter

Set design

  • Zsolt Tóth Béla
  • Zsuzsa Mihalek
  • Sándor Katona

Make-up artist

  • Erzsébet Rácz

Costume design

  • János Breckl

Editing

  • Ágnes Hranitzky

Sound design

  • György Kovács

Sound

  • László Gyõrffy

Audio mixing

  • György Kovács

Music

  • Mihály Víg

Cast

  • Lars Rudolph
    János Valuska
  • Peter Fitz
    György Eszter
  • Hanna Schygulla
    Tünde Eszter
  • János Derzsi
    Mann in Leinenjacke
  • Georgi Rositsch
    Mann in Westernstiefeln
  • Tamás Wichmann
    Mann mit Seglermütze
  • Ferenc Kállai
    Direktor
  • Mihály Kormos
    Faktotum
  • Putyi Horváth
    Porter
  • Éva Almássy Albert
    Tante Piri

Production company

  • Goëss Film (Budapest)
  • Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion GmbH (Berlin)
  • 13 Productions (Marseille)

in association with

  • Magyar Televízió (MTV) (Budapest)
  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Mainz)
  • Arte Deutschland TV GmbH (Baden-Baden)
  • Radiotelevisione Italiana RAI 3 (Rom)

Producer

  • Miklós Szita
  • Joachim von Vietinghoff
  • Franz Goess
  • Paul Saadoun

Unit production manager

  • Lajos Gerhardt
  • Gábor Téni

Location manager

  • Gábor Koncz

Funding

  • Magyar Mózgokép Körzalaptváni (MMK) (Budapest)
Duration:
145 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
s/w, Ton
Screening:

Erstaufführung (DE): 11.02.2001, Berlin, IFF - Forum

Titles

Additional titles
  • Weiterer Titel (FR) Les harmonies de Werckmeister
  • Originaltitel (DE) Die Werckmeisterschen Harmonien
  • Weiterer Titel (HU) Werckmeister Harmóniák
  • weiterer Titel (IT) Le armonie di Werckmeister
  • Weiterer Titel (eng) Werckmeister Harmonies

Versions

Digitalisierte Fassung

Duration:
146 min
Format:
DCP 2k, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
s/w, 1-Kanal-Mono

Original

Duration:
145 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
s/w, Ton
Screening:

Erstaufführung (DE): 11.02.2001, Berlin, IFF - Forum

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