Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
Werckmeister harmóniák (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 2h 25min
- Drama, Mystery
- 01 Feb 2001 (Hungary)
- Movie
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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Awards:
- 5 wins & 2 nominations.
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Cast
| Lars Rudolph | ... |
János Valuska
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Peter Fitz | ... |
György Eszter
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| Hanna Schygulla | ... |
Tünde Eszter
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| János Derzsi | ... |
Man In The Broad-Cloth Coat
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Djoko Rosic | ... |
Man In Western Boots
(as Djoko Rossich)
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Tamás Wichmann | ... |
Man In The Sailor-Cap
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Ferenc Kállai | ... |
Director
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| Mihály Kormos | ... |
Factotum
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Putyi Horváth | ... |
Porter
(as dr. Horváth Putyi)
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Enikö Börcsök |
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Éva Almássy Albert | ... |
Aunt Piri
(as Almási Albert Éva)
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Irén Szajki | ... |
Mrs. Harrer
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Alfréd Járai | ... |
Lajos Harrer
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György Barkó | ... |
Mr. Nadabán
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Lajos Dobák | ... |
Mr. Volent
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András Fekete | ... |
Mr. Árgyelán
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Gyuri Dósa Kiss |
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Józsi Mihályfi |
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Péter Dobai | ... |
Chief Constable
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Géza Balkay |
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Kati Lázár | ... |
Sorter
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Péter Tóth |
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László feLugossy | ... |
Housepainter
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Gyula Pauer | ... |
Mr. Hagelmayer
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Barna Mihók | ... |
Coachman
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Viktor Lois | ... |
Loader
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Béla Máriáss | ... |
Mr. Mádai
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Mátyás Dráfi | ... |
Man In The Fur-Cap
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József Ropog | ... |
The Man Beside Him
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| Sandor Bese | ... |
The Prince
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Erika Horineczky |
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Ágnes Kamondy |
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Péter Magyar |
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Dóra Kováts |
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Gábor Werner |
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Lajos Bulocs |
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Ferenc Gazdag |
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Gyula Herpai |
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Tibor Komáromi |
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Géza Kósa |
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József Szántó |
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János Váradi |
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Miklós Waszlavik | ... |
(as Vaszlavik Miklós)
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Directed by
| Béla Tarr | ||
| Ágnes Hranitzky | ... | (co-director) |
Written by
| László Krasznahorkai | ... | (novel "The Melancholy of Resistance") |
| László Krasznahorkai | ... | (screenplay) & |
| Béla Tarr | ... | (screenplay) |
| Péter Dobai | ... | (additional dialogue) & |
| Gyuri Dósa Kiss | ... | (additional dialogue) & |
| György Fehér | ... | (additional dialogue) |
Produced by
| Ralph E. Cotta | ... | associate producer |
| Franz Goëss | ... | producer |
| Paul Saadoun | ... | producer |
| Miklós Szita | ... | producer |
| Béla Tarr | ... | associate producer |
| Joachim von Vietinghoff | ... | producer |
| András Vágvölgyi B. | ... | associate producer |
Music by
| Mihály Vig | ||
Cinematography by
| Patrick de Ranter | ||
| Miklós Gurbán | ||
| Erwin Lanzensberger | ||
| Gábor Medvigy | ||
| Emil Novák | ||
| Rob Tregenza | ||
Editing by
| Ágnes Hranitzky | ||
Editorial Department
| András Bederna | ... | grader |
| Baba Deimanik | ... | grader (as Tamásné Deimanik) |
| Renate Malinowski | ... | grader |
| Éva Szentandrási | ... | assistant editor |
Set Decoration by
| Sándor Katona | ||
| Zsuzsa Mihalek | ||
| Béla Zsolt Tóth | ||
Costume Design by
| János Breckl | ||
Makeup Department
| Sándor Mátrai | ... | make up department |
| Erzsébet Rácz | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
| Lajos Gerhardt | ... | production manager |
| Gábor Koncz | ... | unit manager |
| Gábor Téni | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Jeroen Frantzen | ... | assistant director |
| Sebestyén Kodolányi | ... | assistant director |
| Roland Vranik | ... | assistant director |
| Csaba Bagossy | ... | second assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
| Sándor Katona | ... | set dresser |
| Gyula Pauer | ... | artistic consultant |
| Béla Zsolt Tóth | ... | property master |
Sound Department
| Gábor Erdélyi | ... | sound editor (as Gábor ifj. Erdélyi) |
| Csaba Erös | ... | boom operator / sound recordist |
| László Gyõrffy | ... | sound recordist (as Szentmihályi Gyõrffy László) |
| Brigitta Kajdácsi | ... | dialog editor |
| György Kovács | ... | re-recording mixer / sound designer |
| Ralf Krause | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Szabolcs Stella | ... | boom operator |
Special Effects by
| Éva Karczag | ... | sculptor |
| Iván Pohárnok | ... | whale mock-up designer |
| Péter Pozsonyi | ... | special effects technician |
| András Rose | ... | sculptor |
Visual Effects by
| Csaba Juhász | ... | title design and production |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Csaba Bankhardt | ... | grip |
| József Buczkó | ... | lighting technician |
| Patrick de Ranter | ... | steadicam operator |
| István Decsi | ... | assistant camera |
| Miklós Hajdu | ... | gaffer |
| Tibor Oláh | ... | assistant camera |
| Géza Pásztor | ... | assistant camera |
| Rudolf Takács | ... | gaffer |
| András Tóth | ... | key grip |
| András Tóth | ... | key grip |
| János Tóth | ... | dolly grip |
| Jörg Widmer | ... | steadicam operator |
Script and Continuity Department
| Orsolya Vercz | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
| Tamás Bolba | ... | voice dubbing: Lars Rudolph |
| Péter Haumann | ... | voice dubbing: Peter Fitz |
| Attila Kaszás | ... | voice dubbing: Sandor Bese |
| László Moog | ... | technician |
| Marianna Moór | ... | voice dubbing: Hanna Schygulla |
| Zoltán Pataki | ... | technician |
| Péter Hagen | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
Thanks
| Paulo Branco | ... | thanks |
| Hans Robert Eisenhauer | ... | thanks |
| György Fehér | ... | thanks |
| Thierry Garrel | ... | thanks |
| Enrico Ghezzi | ... | thanks |
| Marcel Giesler | ... | thanks |
| Ulrich Gregor | ... | thanks |
| Ferenc Kõhalmi | ... | thanks |
| Marco Müller | ... | thanks (as Marco Mueller) |
Production Companies
- 13 Productions
- ARTE
- Fondazione Monte Cinema Verità
- Goëss Film
- Magyar Mozgókép Alapítvány
- Magyar Televízió Müvelödési Föszerkesztöség (MTV) (I)
- Nemzeti Kultúrális Alapprogram
- Országos Rádió és Televízió Testület (ORTT)
- Rai 3
- Studio Babelsberg
- Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion (VVF)
- Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
Distributors
- Eye Film Institute (2022) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (re-release) (4K restored version)
- Nederlands Filmmuseum (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- New Star (2003) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Artificial Eye (2003) (United Kingdom) (subtitled)
- Blaq Out (2005) (France) (DVD) (French subtitles)
- Filmmuseum Distributie (2002) (Netherlands) (video)
- Movies Inspired (2000) (Italy)
- Pierre Grise Distribution
- The Criterion Channel (2024) (United States) (tv) (streaming)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2007) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Eurimages (funding)
- R.D.I Sound Design Studio (sound post-production)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
This 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. Even in this bewildered cold hundreds of people are standing around the circus trailer, 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. The people are coming from everywhere. From the neighboring settlings, even from quite far away parts of the country. They are following this clumsy monster as a dumb, faceless, rag-wearing crowd. This strange state of affairs - the appearance of the foreigners, the extreme frost - disturbs the order of the small town. Aambitious personages of the story feel they can take advantage of this situation. The tension growing to the unbearable is brought to explosion by the figure of the Prince, who is pretending facelessness. Even his mere appearance is enough to break loose destructive emotions... Written by Anonymous |
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Box Office
| Budget | FRF10,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | The film is composed of 39 languidly paced tracking shots. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanità (2022). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Book 1 - Prelude No. 8 in E-flat minor (BWV 853) See more » |
| 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. See more » |