A forgatőkönyvet Krasznahorkai László ellenállás melankóliája [script based on Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai] Lars Rudolph, Peter Fitz, Hanna Schygulla, Derzsi János, Djoko Rossich, Wichmann Tamás, Kállai Ferenc, Kormos Mihály, Horváth Putyi, Börcsök Enikő, Almássy Albert Éva, Szajki Irén, Járai Alfréd, Barkó György, Dobák Lajos, Fekete András, Dósa Kiss Gyuri, Mihályfi Józsi, Dobai Péter, Balkay Géza, Lázár Kati, Tóth Péter; Lars Rudolph magyar hangja [dubbed into Hungarian by] Bolba Tamás, Peter Fitz magyar hangja [dubbed into Hungarian by] Haumann Péter, Hanna Schygulla magyar hangja [dubbed into Hungarian by] Moór Marianna ; Herceg hangja [Prince's voice by] Kaszás Attila. Originally released as a motion picture in 2000. Special feature: Facets Cine-notes "Bela Tarr: A cinema of patience" booklet with excerpts of previously published essays by Peter Hames, Jonathan Romney, and Bela Tarr, and a brief bio of Tarr by Susan Doll.
Contents:
Opening credits -- Explaining the eclipse -- Prince and the whale -- Werckmesiter harmonies -- Visiting the whale -- Tünde -- Blackmail -- Tünde & the police chief -- Unrest -- Mob attacks -- Post-apocalypse -- Nothing counts -- End credits.
Summary:
In a frostbitten, fogbound provincial town lives a young postman, Janos Valushka. One day a traveling circus comes to town, displaying the stuffed body of the largest whale in the world in a corrugated metal trailer. Their arrival in the midst of a terminal frost prompts bizarre rumors which quickly run rife, alluding to a shadowy figure, dubbed the Prince, who supposedly accompanies the circus. Within a short time, the gathering tensions ignite, and an apocalyptic unrest is unleashed, the madness sweeping across the frigid, foggy community, and forever changing Janos' life. Bela Tarr, a Hungarian director more talked about than viewed, twists reality into impressionism in this adaptation from Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai's novel, while regarding the characters with great intensity through long, uninterrupted takes.
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