Werckmeister Harmonies
<b>Book tickets for two or more of our <a href="https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/bla-tarr">Béla Tarr</a> films to receive a discount! Tickets can also be bought separately.</b> An innocent young man witnesses violence break out after an isolated village is inflamed by the arrival of a circus and its peculiar attractions: a giant whale and a mysterious man named “The Prince”. <i>Werckmeister Harmonies</i> is often considered to be one of the best films of the 21st century, and stands alongside <i>Sátántangó</i> as one of the films Béla Tarr is most known for, with only 39 shots spread out over its 2 hours and 25 minutes runtime - an average of 3 minutes and 43 seconds a shot, positively glacial compared to today's average of 2.5 seconds per shot, or even the 1930s average of 12 seconds a shot! Tarr went on to eclipse this statistic with his following two films. The film sees Tarr's wife Ágnes Hranitzky receive her first credit as co-director, having edited his films since 1989's <i>The Outsider</i>, and would co-direct on Tarr's final two films following this. We were privileged to have the Hungarian master attend a screening of <i>Werckmeister Harmonies</i> here at Filmhouse for the 2000 Edinburgh International Festival - screenings that very nearly didn’t happen when, having insisted his 35mm print of the film travelled with him, he was unable to get it through UK customs!DramaPT2H19M12A2026-03-02Lars Rudolph
Peter Fitz
Hanna Schygulla
Béla Tarr
Joachim von Vietinghoff
Paul Saadoun
Miklós Szita
Franz Goëss
Werckmeister Harmonies"Werckmeister Harmonies"Showtimes
March 2, 8:15 pm
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