Werckmeister Harmoniak
Fortnight 2000, Feature film, 2h25
Synopsis
The land is prey to unrest, gangs wander the streets of the capital, a catastrophe of terrifying proportions is imminent. Valuskha, a sometime postal worker and visionary, advocates a dogged utopia: he continues to go into raptures over the miracle of creation in his battle with obscurantism.
Director
Béla Tarr
He was born in Hungary. He graduated at the Hungarian Academy of Theater and Film in Budapest. He worked for MAFILM. He was a member the board of Studio Béla Balazs for young directors. He gave lectures at the Filmakademie in Berlin. He is member of the European Academy of Film.
Hanna Schygulla
Lars Rudolph
Peter Fitz
Lars Rudolph
Peter Fitz
Screenplay
László Krasznahorkai & Béla Tarr, d’après “Melancholy of the Resistance” de László Krasznahorkai
Image
Gàbor Medvigy
Sound
György Kovàcs
Editing
Agnes Hranitzky
Music
Mihàly Vig
production : Miklos Szita & Franz Goëss, Goëss Film, Airtime International Media, Róna u. 174, 1145 Budapest, Hongrie, Tél.: (36 1) 252 11 68, Fax : (36 1) 383 59 29, E-mail : gofilm@mail.datanet.hu von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion – 13 Production – Cotta Media vente à l’étranger : von Vietinghoff & Cotta Media, Suarezstrasse 43, 14057 Berlin, Allemagne, Tél. : (49 30) 891 6611, Fax : (49 30) 235 53030 presse : Thierry Lenouvel, Tél. : 33 (0)1 47 70 29 72, Fax : 33 (0)1 47 70 29 73
Title in Original Version : Werckmeister Harmonies
