Werckmeister Harmonies
12A
One of the major achievements of 21st-century cinema, Béla Tarr’s mesmeric parable of societal collapse is an enigma of transcendent visual, philosophical, and mystical resonance.
Drama • Powerful • Philosophical
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Witness the melancholy of resistance in Béla Tarr's newly restored Werckmeister Harmonies. An innocent young man witnesses violence break out after an isolated village is inflamed by the arrival of a circus and its peculiar attractions: a giant whale and a mysterious man named “The Prince.”
Details
Duration
2hrs 19mins
Director
Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky
Distributor
Curzon Film World Limited
Featuring
Lars Rudolph • Peter Fitz • Hanna Schygulla
Year
2000
Country of origin
Hungary • Italy • Germany • France
Language
Hungarian and Slovak with English subtitles
Strobe lighting
No
Content guidance
No content warnings identified
No screenings scheduled
