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Werckmeister Harmonies
Werckmeister harmóniák
Country
Hungary / Italy / Germany
Runtime
2 hours 25 minutes
Production year
2000
World premiere
19 May 2000
Release date
| 12 July 2000 | Belgium | ||
| 15 September 2000 | Canada | ||
| 19 February 2003 | France | ||
| 18 April 2003 | Great Britain | ||
| 1 February 2001 | Hungary | ||
| 1 February 2001 | Kazakhstan | ||
| 4 April 2002 | Netherlands | ||
| 1 February 2001 | Russia | 16+ | |
| 1 February 2001 | Ukraine |
Budget
10,000,000 FRF
Worldwide Gross
$69,923
Production
13 Productions, ARTE, Fondazione Monte Cinema Verità
Also known as
Werckmeister harmóniák, Werckmeister Harmonies, Armonías de Werckmeister, A Harmonia Werckmeister, Die werckmeisterschen Harmonien, Harmonie Werckmeistera, Karanlık armoniler, Las armonías Werckmeister, Le armonie di Werckmeister, Les Harmonies Werckmeister, Vastarinnan melankolia, Verçkmeyshter Harmoniyalari, Verkmajsterove harmonije, Werckmeisterove harmonije, Οι αρμονίες του Werckmeister, Гармонии Веркмейстера, Гармонії Веркмейстера, ヴェルクマイスター・ハーモニー, 殘缺的和聲, 鯨魚馬戲團
Director
Béla Tarr
Ágnes Hranitzky
Cast
Showtimes
Currently, the film is not showing in cinemas, but we can send you a message when this animated film returns to the box office.
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.
