Werckmeister Harmonies (2001)

02/01/2001Drama2h 19m
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A total eclipse has come upon us.

Overview

A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Lars Rudolph

    János Valuska

  2. Cast 1

    Peter Fitz

    György Eszter

  3. Cast 1

    Hanna Schygulla

    Tünde Eszter

  4. Cast 1

    Alfréd Járai

    Lajos Harrer

  5. Cast 1

    Gyula Pauer

    Mr. Hagelmayer

  6. Cast 1

    János Derzsi

    Man In The Broad-Cloth Coat

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    Mihály Kormos

    Factotum

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    Putyi Horváth

    Porter

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    Éva Almássy Albert

    Aunt Piri

Béla Tarr's 2000 film <i>The Werckmeister Harmonies</i> deals with troubling events in a small town in Hungarian's eastern plains. After an opening scene showing simpleton postman János demonstrating to a bar full of drunks how the Earth and moon rotate around the sun with the help of three of the old geezers, he does his rounds in the early morning. Posters put up advertise the arrival of a giant whale with special guest, the Prince. This traveling circus, however, fills the townspeople not with eager anticipation but with dread. Indeed, when the Prince does appear, all hell breaks loose. ...