Werckmeister Harmonies [Criterion Collection] [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray]

Director: Agnes Hranitzky, Bela Tarr Agnes Hranitzky

Overview

Bela Tarr follows up on his seven-hour epic Satantango, considered by some critics as one of the finest films of the 1990s, with this elegant, haunting work about the cycles of violence that have dogged Eastern European history. Jancos (Lars Rudolph) is a wide-eyed innocent who works as an occasional postal worker and as a caretaker for Mr. Ezster (Peter Fitz). An outsider and a visionary, he marvels at the miracles of creation, from the planets rotating in the heavens to the sundry animals on earth. One day, a circus featuring jars full of medical anomalies and a massive dead whale entombed in a corrugated metal trailer visits Jancos' economically depressed village. Another more sinister attraction is a shadowy figure dubbed "The Prince," whose nihilist rants incite the town's disaffected to riot. Not long afterwards, Mrs. Ezster (Hanna Schygulla) cajoles her estranged husband to join a citizen's action group against the circus, threatening to move back into his house if he doesn't play along. Tension in the town builds until, after one of The Prince's hate-filled speeches, throngs of angry men with blunt instruments ransack and brutalize a men's hospital ward. When the dust clears, lives are irrevocably changed. This film was screened at the 2000 Toronto Film Festival.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/16/2024
UPC:	0715515294911
Original Release:	2000
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Language:	English
Time:	2:25:00
Format:	Blu-ray
Sales rank:	24

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Djoko Rosic	Actor
Hanna Schygulla	Tünde Eszter
Janos Derzsi	man in broad-cloth coat
Lars Rudolph	János Valuska
Peter Fitz	György Eszter
Djocko Rossitch	man in Western boots
Tamas Wichmann	man in the sailor-cap
Ferenc Kállai	director
Mihály Kormos	factotum
Putyi Horvath	porter
Iren Szajki	Mrs. Harrer
Alfred Jarai	Lajos Harrer
György Barkó	Mr. Nabadán
Lajos Dobák	Mr. Volent
András Fekete	Mr. Árgyelán
Péter Dobai	chief constable
Kati Lazar	sorter
László Felugossy	housepainter
Gyula Pauer	Mr. Hagelmayer
Barna Mihok	coachman
Lois Viktor	loader
Béla Máriáss	Mr. Mádai
Matyas Drafi	man in fur-cap
József Ropog	man beside the man in the fur-cap
Sándor Bese	The Prince
Tamás Bolba	voice of János Valuska
Péter Haumann	Gyorgy Eszter (Voice)
Mariann Moor	Tunde Eszter (Voice)
Attila Kaszás	The Prince (Voice)
Enikö Börcsök	Actor
Gyuri Dósa Kiss	Actor
Jozsi Mihalyfi	Actor
Géza Balkay	Actor
Peter Toth	Actor
Erika Horineczky	Actor
Bela Nagy	Actor
Lajos Bulucs	Actor
Ferenc Gazdag	Actor
Gyula Herpai	Actor
Tibor Komaromi	Actor
Geza Kosa	Actor
Jozsef Szanto	Actor
Miklos Vaszlavik	Actor
Janos Varadi	Actor
Agnes Kamondy	Actor
Peter Magyar	Actor
Dora Kovats	Actor
Gabor Werner	Actor
Mihály Vig	Composer

Technical Credits

Bela Tarr

László Krasznahorkai

Agnes Hranitzky	Director
Bela Tarr	Director,Screenwriter
Von Vietinghoff	Producer
Joachim von Vietinghoff	Producer
Paul Saadoun	Producer
Franz Goëss	Producer
László Krasznahorkai	Screenwriter
Miklós Szita	Producer
Brigitta Kajdácsi	Sound Editor
Gyorgy Kovacs	Sound/Sound Designer