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 the circus tent, which is put .. Read more
| Starring | Peter Fitz, Janos Derzsi, Hanna Schygulla, Djocko Rossitch |
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| Director | Bela Tarr |
| Genres | World Cinema |
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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 the circus tent, which is put up in the main square, to see - as the outcome of their wait - the chief attraction, the stuffed carcass of a real whale. In a small Hungarian town lives Karrer, a listless and brooding man who has almost completely withdrawn from the world, but for an obsession with a singer in the bar he frequents. Tarr immaculately photographed and composed film is about eternal conflict: the centuries old struggles between barbarism and civilization. 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 the circus tent, which is put up in the main square, to see - as the outcome of their wait - the chief attraction, the stuffed carcass of a real whale. In a small Hungarian town lives Karrer, a listless and brooding man who has almost completely withdrawn from the world, but for an obsession with a singer in the bar he frequents. Tarr immaculately photographed and composed film is about eternal conflict: the centuries old struggles between barbarism and civilization.
| Starring | Peter Fitz, Janos Derzsi, Hanna Schygulla, Djocko Rossitch, Miklos B Szekely, Vali Kerekes, Hedi Temessy |
|---|---|
| Director | Bela Tarr |
| Studio | ARTIFICIAL EYE FILM COMPANY LTD. |
| Run time | DVD: 4 hrs 25 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Hungarian |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2000 To Rent: DVD: 23 Feb 2004 |
Adapted from LĂszlĂ Krasznahorkai's novel The Melancholy Resistance, Tarr's visually and formally stunning fable... read more on Time Out
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Werckmeister Harmonies
A whale has arrived to be displayed in the town. An idealistic young man takes on endless chores for his relatives, hearing rumours of civic anarchy. People ... read more »
[Highly rated reviewer]
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Running time is only 145 mins...
...not 4 hrs 25 as stated in the blurb.
I'm sure this is putting a lot of people off watching this film, which is a shame, as it is a darkly ... read more »
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Pure Genius
Those with a short attention span beware - this is not the film for you.
If however you want to expand your horizons beyond the normal formulaic ... read more »
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Slow and painful
I wanted to open my eyes to a new genre. That's why I watched this. But it was so slow and tedious, I really struggled to see it through to the end. The ... read more »
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