Werckmeister Harmonies
This mesmeric parable of societal collapse is an enigma of transcendent visual, philosophical, and mystical resonance. Adapted from a novel by László Krasznahorkai, Werckmeister Harmonies unfolds in an unknown time in an unnamed village, where, one day, a mysterious circus—complete with an enormous stuffed whale and a shadowy, demagogue-like figure known as the Prince—arrives and appears to awaken a kind of madness in the citizens that builds inexorably toward violence. In thirty-nine hypnotic long takes engraved in ghostly black and white, auteur Béla Tarr and codirector-editor Ágnes Hranitzky conjure an apocalyptic vision of dreamlike dread and fathomless beauty.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Béla Tarr, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Family Nest (1979), Tarr’s first feature film
- New interview with Tarr by film critic Scott Foundas
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by film programmer and critic Dennis Lim
New cover by Polly Dedman
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Béla Tarr, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Family Nest (1979), Tarr’s first feature film
- New interview with Tarr by film critic Scott Foundas
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by film programmer and critic Dennis Lim
New cover by Polly Dedman
Cast
- Lars Rudolph
- János Valuska
- Peter Fitz
- György Eszter
- Hanna Schygulla
- Tünde Eszter
- János Derzsi
- Man in the broadcloth coat
- Djoko Rossich
- Man in Western boots
- Tamás Wichmann
- Man in the sailor cap
- Péter Dobai
- Police captain
- Ferenc Kállai
- Director
- Mihály Kormos
- Factotum
- Dr. Putyi Horváth
- Porter
- Éva Almássy Albert
- Aunt Piri
- Irén Szajki
- Mrs. Harrer
- Alfréd Járai
- Lajos Harrer
- György Barkó
- Mr. Nadabán
- Lajos Dobák
- Mr. Volent
- András Fekete
- Mr. Árgyelán
- Sandor Bese
- The prince
Credits
- Director
- Béla Tarr
- Director
- Ágnes Hranitzky
- Associate producer
- Béla Tarr
- Editor
- Ágnes Hranitzky
- Screenplay
- László Krasznahorkai
- Screenplay
- Béla Tarr
- Additional dialogue
- Péter Dobai
- Additional dialogue
- Gyuri Dósa Kiss
- Additional dialogue
- György Fehér
- Associate producer
- Ralph E. Cotta
- Associate producer
- András Vágvölgyi B.
- Producer
- Franz Goëss
- Producer
- Paul Saadoun
- Producer
- Miklós Szita
- Producer
- Joachim von Vietinghoff
- Composer
- Mihály Víg
- Director of photography
- Gábor Medvigy
- Cinematographer
- Patrick de Ranter
- Cinematographer
- Miklós Gurbán
- Cinematographer
- Erwin Lanzensberger
- Cinematographer
- Emil Novák
- Cinematographer
- Rob Tregenza
- Steadicam operator
- Jörg Widmer
- Set designer
- Sándor Katona
- Set designer
- Zsuzsa Mihalek
- Set designer
- Béla Zsolt Tóth
- Costume designer
- János Breckl
- Production manager
- Lajos Gerhardt
- Production manager
- Gábor Téni
- Unit manager
- Gábor Koncz
- Assistant director
- Jeroen Frantzen
- Assistant director
- Sebestyén Kodolányi
- Assistant director
- Roland Vranik
- Second assistant director
- Csaba Bagossy
- Sculptor
- Éva Karczag
- Sculptor
- András Rose
- Whale mock-up designer
- Iván Pohárnok
- Special-effects technician
- Péter Pozsonyi
- Script supervisor
- Orsolya Vercz
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Trailer for Werckmeister Harmonies
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