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Werckmeister Harmonies

Original title: Werckmeister harmóniák
  • 20002000
  • 2h 25m
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8.0/10
15K
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Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.
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A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
15K
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    • Béla Tarr
    • Ágnes Hranitzky(co-director)
  • Writers
    • László Krasznahorkai(novel "The Melancholy of Resistance")
    • Béla Tarr(screenplay)
    • Péter Dobai(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Lars Rudolph
    • Peter Fitz
    • Hanna Schygulla
    • Béla Tarr
    • Ágnes Hranitzky(co-director)
  • Writers
    • László Krasznahorkai(novel "The Melancholy of Resistance")
    • Béla Tarr(screenplay)
    • Péter Dobai(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Lars Rudolph
    • Peter Fitz
    • Hanna Schygulla
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 63User reviews
    • 58Critic reviews
    • 92Metascore
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    Lars Rudolph
    Lars Rudolph
    • János Valuska
    Peter Fitz
    • György Eszter
    Hanna Schygulla
    Hanna Schygulla
    • Tünde Eszter
    János Derzsi
    János Derzsi
    • Man In The Broad-Cloth Coat
    Djoko Rosic
    • Man In Western Boots
    • (as Djoko Rossich)
    Tamás Wichmann
    • Man In The Sailor-Cap
    Ferenc Kállai
    • Director
    Mihály Kormos
    Mihály Kormos
    • Factotum
    Putyi Horváth
    • Porter
    • (as dr. Horváth Putyi)
    Enikö Börcsök
    Éva Almássy Albert
    • Aunt Piri
    • (as Almási Albert Éva)
    Irén Szajki
    • Mrs. Harrer
    Alfréd Járai
    • Lajos Harrer
    György Barkó
    • Mr. Nadabán
    Lajos Dobák
    • Mr. Volent
    András Fekete
    • Mr. Árgyelán
    Gyuri Dósa Kiss
    Józsi Mihályfi
      • Béla Tarr
      • Ágnes Hranitzky(co-director)
    • Writers
      • László Krasznahorkai(novel "The Melancholy of Resistance") (screenplay)
      • Béla Tarr(screenplay)
      • Péter Dobai(additional dialogue)
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    • Trivia
      The film is composed of 39 languidly paced tracking shots.
    • Quotes

      János Valuska: You are the sun. The sun doesn't move, this is what it does. You are the Earth. The Earth is here for a start, and then the Earth moves around the sun. And now, we'll have an explanation that simple folks like us can also understand, about immortality. All I ask is that you step with me into the boundlessness, where constancy, quietude and peace, infinite emptiness reign. And just imagine, in this infinite sonorous silence, everywhere is an impenetrable darkness. Here, we only experience general motion, and at first, we don't notice the events that we are witnessing. The brilliant light of the sun always sheds its heat and light on that side of the Earth which is just then turned towards it. And we stand here in it's brilliance. This is the moon. The moon revolves around the Earth. What is happening? We suddenly see that the disc of the moon, the disc of the moon, on the Sun's flaming sphere, makes an indentation, and this indentation, the dark shadow, grows bigger... and bigger. And as it covers more and more, slowly only a narrow crescent of the sun remains, a dazzling crescent. And at the next moment, the next moment - say that it's around one in the afternoon - a most dramatic turn of event occurs. At that moment the air suddenly turns cold. Can you feel it? The sky darkens, then goes all dark. The dogs howl, rabbits hunch down, the deer run in panic, run, stampede in fright. And in this awful, incomprehensible dusk, even the birds... the birds too are confused and go to roost. And then... Complete Silence. Everything that lives is still. Are the hills going to march off? Will heaven fall upon us? Will the Earth open under us? We don't know. We don't know, for a total eclipse has come upon us... But... but no need to fear. It's not over. For across the sun's glowing sphere, slowly, the Moon swims away. And the sun once again bursts forth, and to the Earth slowly there comes again light, and warmth again floods the Earth. Deep emotion pierces everyone. They have escaped the weight of darkness

      Mr. Hagelmayer: That's enough! Out of here, you tubs of beer!

      János Valuska: But Mr. Hagelmayer. It's still not over.

    • Connections
      Featured in What Is Cinema? (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      Book 1 - Prelude No. 8 in E-flat minor (BWV 853)
      from The Well-Tempered Clavier

      composed by Johann Sebastian Bach

      The "grating" recording that György listens to in his study. He has retuned his piano to a pure tuning, with which the Bach prelude is incommensurable, since it relies on the tempered tuning system.

    User reviews63

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    9/10
    Mesmerising...
    A wonderfully balletic and poetic film, built on long, long tracking and steadycam shots (thirty-eight for 2hrs 25mins). A study in pervasive yet neutral melancholia; the main character, who accompanies us through the whole film, is a simple, dreamy yet quietly optimistic postman, if one were to interpret his wide-eyed stare and unquestioning attitudes in such a way. One is drawn in from the very beginning, via the evocative music and camerawork. It is rare these days to see European films that take so much time and care as they progress. Watching it I was reminded of Aleksei German's Khrustalyov, My Car! - 1998, Roy Andersson's Songs from the Second Floor - 2000, Fellini and of course Tarkovski. I don't think that all cinema should be 'easy' or well wrapped up. Indeed, I often feel that I am simply not in the mood for seeing a particular film, or experiencing a particular atmopshere. After all it is fairly easy to tell from even short descriptions or reviews the kind of thing that is in store. So I was somewhat surprised to see one previous reviewer here describe this film as "dreary drek". Well, perhaps, but if they wanted to go and see a comedy or redemptive drama, why didn't they go see one already?! I may have had the odd moment of wishing certain shots were a tad shorter, but all in all I was mesmerised, from beginning to end.
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    • meyerhold
    • Feb 25, 2003

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    • Release date
      • February 1, 2001 (Hungary)
      • Hungary
      • Italy
      • Germany
      • France
      • Hungarian
      • Slovak
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    • Filming locations
      • Baja, Hungary
    • Production companies
      • 13 Productions
      • ARTE
      • Fondazione Monte Cinema Verità
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    • 2 hours 25 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Stereo

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