Werckmeister Harmóniák
Agnes Hranitzky, Béla Tarr / HU, FR, DE, 2000 / 146 min.
In Werckmeister Harmóniák, Béla Tarr demonstrates that the veneer of human civilization can be wafer-thin. Hungarian locals come under the influence of a mysterious prince who drives the town into a collective frenzy of destruction. In Memoriam Béla Tarr.
In Werckmeister Harmóniák, Béla Tarr completed the trilogy to which Damnation (1988) and Sátántangó (1994) also belong; these two previous instalments were also created in collaboration with the Hungarian novelist and screenwriter László Krasznahorkai, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2025.
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Director
Agnes Hranitzky, Béla Tarr
Production year
2000
Country
HU, FR, DE
Original title
Werckmeister Harmóniák
Length
146 min.
Language
Hungarian
Subtitles
NLD or ENG
Format
DCP
Part of
Eye Classics
Eye’s collection includes a wealth of classics. With the Eye Classics series, Eye brings film history even closer. Every week, we screen at least three classics from the collection under one recognisable name: Eye Classics.
In memoriam Béla Tarr
The Hungarian director Béla Tarr died on 6 January at the age of 70. This extraordinary filmmaker shaped his melancholic, pessimistic worldview in highly stylised black-and-white narratives, carried by long takes, earning him the title of master of the hypnotic long shot. In its cinemas, Eye is screening Damnation, The Turin Horse and Sátántangó. Five of his masterpieces can also be watched on Eye Film Player, including the trilogy Damnation (1988), Sátántangó (1994) and Werckmeister Harmóniák (2000). In 2017, Eye presented the exhibition Béla Tarr – Till the End of the World.
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