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Werckmeister Harmonies (pronounced [verkˈmaɪ̯stɐ]; Hungarian: Werckmeister harmóniák) is a 2000 Hungarian drama film directed by Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky, based on the 1989 novel The Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai.
Feb 1, 2001 · Werckmeister Harmonies: Directed by Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky. With Lars Rudolph, Peter Fitz, Hanna Schygulla, János Derzsi. A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.
- (16K)
- Drama, Mystery
- Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky
- 2001-02-01
Sep 8, 2007 · A haunting film about a haunted village. Roger Ebert September 08, 2007. Tweet. Janos (Lars Rudolph) stares into the lifeless eye of a whale, part of a freakish circus that comes to town in “Werckmeister Harmonies.” Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch.
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 ...
- János Valuska
May 5, 2023 · Adapted from a novel by the celebrated writer and frequent Tarr collaborator László Krasznahorkai, Werckmeister Harmonies unfolds in an unknown era in an unnamed village, where, one day, a...
- 2 min
- 44.7K
- Janus Films
A mysterious circus excites a small Hungarian town into a rebellion when a promised act doesn't perform.
- (53)
- Drama
Directed by Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky • 2000 • Hungary. Starring Lars Rudolph, Peter Fitz, Hanna Schygulla. This mesmeric parable of societal collapse is an enigma of transcendent visual, philosophical, and mystical resonance.
