Werckmeister harmonies = Werckmeister harmóniák

Author

Béla Tarr

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Languages

In Hungarian, with English subtitles.

Performers

Lars Rudolph, Peter Fitz, Hanna Schygulla, Ferenc Kallai, Janos Derzsi.

Publication Information

Chicago, IL : Facets Video, [2006]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (145 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

A circus arrives in a small, desolate village on the frostbitten Hungarian plain. Instead of showcasing exotic animals and acrobats, the show features jars of medical anomalies and a massive dead whale entombed in a trailer. Disruptive and destructive, the circus creates an almost unbearable tension in the village as a shadowy figure dubbed "the Prince" incites te inhabitants to violence.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2000.