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Werckmeister Harmonies review by from Merseyside

Difficult but interesting 16 March 2005
...Bela Tarr's unique and disquieting film is quite a viewing experience; often a single shot is held for what seems like an eternity, enough for the viewer to register bew... Read customer review

Damnation review by Kobilisy from huddersfield. England

Don't forget the humour 28 February 2009
...I watch Bela Tarr's films over again with endless fascination. The length is not a problem: No longer that many pieces of music. If you can concentrate through a Wagner ... Read customer review

Satantango review by A customer from North Yorkshire, England

What we are like. 30 November 2006
..., a film of brilliance. I'm amazed to find that the writing that lies behind Bela Tarr's films is still, after 20 years, hardly published in English. ... Read customer review

Bela Tarr - filmography

The Turin Horse - Blu-ray (2011)
Starring: Erika Bok, Janos Derzsi, Erika Bók
Director: Bela Tarr
Certificate:
The Turin Horse recalls the whipping of a horse in the Italian city of Turin which is rumoured to have caused the mental breakdown of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche Filmed in black-and- white and shot in only 30 long takes, the film depicts the repetitive daily lives of the horse and it’s owner...read more »

59% from 179 members

The Turin Horse on DVD (2011)
Starring: Erika Bok, Janos Derzsi, Erika Bók
Director: Bela Tarr
Certificate:
The Turin Horse recalls the whipping of a horse in the Italian city of Turin which is rumoured to have caused the mental breakdown of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche Filmed in black-and- white and shot in only 30 long takes, the film depicts the repetitive daily lives of the horse and it’s owner...read more »

61% from 379 members

The Man From London on DVD (2007)
Starring: Miroslav Krobot, Tilda Swinton, Erika Bók
Director: Bela Tarr
Certificate:
A man whose lonely life at the edge of the sea has become as predictable as the tide witnesses a murder that sends him on an existential journey the likes of which he could never have anticipated in director Béla Tarr's philosophical drama. Maloin had reached a point in life where he was content to ..read more »

43% from 993 members

Werckmeister Harmonies on DVD (2000)
Starring: Peter Fitz, Janos Derzsi, Hanna Schygulla
Director: Bela Tarr
Certificate:
Werckmeister Harmonies is story takes place in a small town on the Hungarian Plain. In a provincial town, which is surrounded with nothing else but frost. It is bitterly cold weather - without snow. It is twenty degrees below zero. Even in this bewildered cold hundreds of people are standing around ..read more »

70% from 964 members

Satantango (3 discs) on DVD (1994)
Starring: Mihaly Vig, Erzsebet Gaal, Janos Derzsi
Director: Bela Tarr
Certificate:
Seven-hour black-and-white epic following life in a small, dilapidated post-Communist Hungarian village where nothing ever happens and nobody wants to be. Adapted from a novel by Laszlo Karsznahorkai, the saga is presented through chapters looking at life from the viewpoint of each of the different ..read more »

74% from 445 members

Damnation on DVD (1988)
Starring: Peter Fitz, Janos Derzsi, Hanna Schygulla
Director: Bela Tarr
Certificate:
Karrer plods his way through life in quiet desperation. His environment is drab and rainy and muddy. Eaten up with solitude, his hopelessness would be incurable but for the existence of the Titanik Bar and its beautiful, haunting singer. But the lady is married and Karrer is determined to keep her ..read more »

67% from 448 members

Almanac Of Fall (1984)
Starring: Hedi Temessy, Erika Bodnar, Janos Derzsi
Director: Bela Tarr
Certificate:
Set solely in the derelict apartment of an older woman, Almanac of Fall follows the actions of a group of cunning characters motivated by money and sex. The woman's son, her nurse, and several others vie for her money as they bicker, maneuver, and deceive.

68% from 5 members
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Panelkapcsolat (1982)
Starring: Robert Koltai, Judit Pogany
Director: Bela Tarr
Certificate:
Shot in a gritty, documentary style, this is a relentlessly realistic portrait of a young working-class couple who suffer the everyday stresses of marriage.

82% from 8 members
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Bela Tarr facts

5 most recent films

The Turin Horse - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Turin Horse - 3.0 stars
The Man From London - 2.0 stars
Werckmeister Harmonies - 3.5 stars
Satantango - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Satantango - 3.5 stars
Werckmeister Harmonies - 3.5 stars
Damnation - 3.5 stars
The Turin Horse - 3.0 stars
The Turin Horse - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Almanac Of Fall - 3.5 stars
Panelkapcsolat - 4.0 stars
The Man From London - 2.0 stars
The Turin Horse - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Turin Horse - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Janos Derzsi - 7 times - show films
Erika Bók - 4 times - show films
Ági Szirtes - 2 times - show films
Mihaly Kormos - 2 times - show films
Hedi Temessy - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Agnes Hranitzky - 2 times - show films

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