Synopsis

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"Devastating, enthralling for every minute of its seven hours. I'd be glad to see it every year of the rest of my life." (Susan Sontag)
"His magnum opus... Tarr's imaginative universe it enirely his own." (The Guardian)
"Never the less than mesmerizing." (The New York Times)
"This stunning masterpiece proves that Hungarian cinema is alive and well and, in Tarr's hands, frighteningly lucid." (Film Society of the Lincoln Centre, New York)

Details

Start3/26/95 German-speaking Switzerland
3/26/95 French-speaking Switzerland
3/26/95 Italian-speaking Switzerland
Duration435 Minutes
Format35mm, s/w, 1:1.66
ProductionVega Film AG (Zürich), Mafilm M.I.T. (Budapest), Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion (Berlin)

Credits

DirectorBéla Tarr
ScriptBéla Tarr, Agnes Hranitzky und László Krasznahorkai nach dem Roman "Satanstango" von László Krasznahorkai
ProducerRuth Waldburger
CastMihály Víg, Dr. Outyi Hoerváth, Erika Bók, Peter Berling, Miklós B. Székely, Lászlo Fe Lugossy, Èva Almási Albert, Alfréd Járay, Erzsébet Gaál, János Derzsi, Irén Szajki
PhotographyGábor Medvigy
EditingAgnes Hranitzky
SoundGyörgy Kovávs
MusicMihály Víg
CostumesGyula Pauer
VersionsOVd

Festivals & Awards

Caligari-Preis Internationales Forum Berlin 1994