Werckmeister Harmonies

Name: Werckmeister Harmonies
Duration: 2 h 25 min

2hr 25m

2hr 25m
4.3/5 (11.7K)
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A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction. More Details »

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Director:

Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky

Producer:

Franz Goëss, Paul Saadoun, Miklós Szita

Writer:

László Krasznahorkai, Péter Dobai, Gyuri Dósa Kiss

Runtime:

2hr 25m

Synopsis

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

Cast

Lars Rudolph
Peter Fitz
Hanna Schygulla
János Derzsi
Djoko Rosic
Tamás Wichmann
Ferenc Kállai
Mihály Kormos
Putyi Horváth
Enikö Börcsök

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4.3

Jan 3, 2018

Werckmeister Harmonies is a film of constant symbolism and allegory. It is the greatest philosophical and political allegory since Sátántangó, another film by master auteur Béla Tarr. Werckmeister Harmonies is Tarr's most exciting film (although Sátántangó remains his best)…

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Darren Carver-Balsiger

Oct 28, 2013

There is no comfort in the worlds created by Bela Tarr. He has the unique ability to create his very own universe within the stories he chooses to relate. Otherworldly, yet real, Tarr's earth is a singularly harsh and unforgiving place, a place in which he chooses to…

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DirkH

Sep 1, 2012

Why do I hold Werckmeister Harmonies aloft as the greatest film I have ever seen? A huge part of it, admittedly, and the thing that makes me think it will remain my favourite film to the day I die, is its profound personal relevance. I first saw the film about 5 years ago…

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Ronan Doyle
Mar 29, 2022

The original title "The Melancholy of Resistance" is apt. A weary, hunched-shouldered, and hypnotic funeral march of the highest order. Wandering the ruins of a world so broken and immiserated you can't even remember what the foundations were supposed to look like before…

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Josh Lewis

Jul 19, 2021

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447 Likes

Felipe F.

Language, you are, in all your beauty, so inadequate, so incapable of expressing what this film did for — and to — me. After being in a oneiric state of true awe for 144 minutes, with the final shot of the film, I surrendered something within me. That’s what it felt like.…

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Scott Barley
Feb 17, 2014

Werckmeister Harmonies is a towering masterpiece so hypnotic, and so bewildering, that there is no way I will ever be capable of forming my thoughts into a coherent review. Rather, I am going to rattle off some of my initial reactions (as I frequently do after viewing the…

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Eli Hayes

Apr 17, 2023

life-affirming cinema; hope out of the deepest despair. bela tarr's camera is the most tender and ethical i have ever seen -- the end of this world is given a dignity and sadness, but also a love that these things are what they must be, that collapse clears away decay and…

359 Likes

comrade_yui

***One of the best 150 films I have ever seen.*** Béla Tarr, on the way of becoming an absolute giant of cinema, on the way of portraying a strikingly gorgeous poetry, on his way of transforming real life into cinema, is back with the best film of the year: Werckmeister…

286 Likes

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nicegal loved

Werckmeister Harmonies

such a beautiful and thought provoking film. trying to explain what makes the movie so good to me would take away what makes it special. there’s so many interpretations you can come up with from watching this movie, and i’m very excited to rewatch it one day.

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