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Overview
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Directors:
Béla Tarr
Ágnes Hranitzky (co-director)
Writers:
László Krasznahorkai (novel)
László Krasznahorkai (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
1 February 2001 (Hungary) more
Plot:
This story takes place in a small town on the Hungarian Plain. In a provincial town, which is surrounded with nothing else but frost... more | add synopsis
Awards:
5 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Mesmerising... more (31 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Lars Rudolph | ... | János Valuska | |
| Peter Fitz | ... | György Eszter | |
| Hanna Schygulla | ... | Tünde Eszter | |
| 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 | ... | 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 |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Die werckmeisterschen Harmonien (Germany)
Le armonie di Werckmeister (Italy)
Les Harmonies Werckmeister (France)
Werckmeister Harmonies (International: English title)
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Runtime:
145 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
Hong Kong:IIA | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Canada:G (Quebec) (DVD rating) | Canada:PG (Alberta) (2003) | France:U | Netherlands:AL | UK:15
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Director Béla Tarr spent almost a year finding the right square for some scenes in the film. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Janos finds Lajos, who is supposedly dead, yet you can clearly see the actor breathing. 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...
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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.