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8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements

8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 15, 1957

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Fantasy

User Score

59%

Original Title

8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements

Director

Hans Richter

Description

8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements is an American experimental film directed by Hans Richter, Marcel Duchamp, and Jean Cocteau. Described by Richter as "part Freud, part Lewis Carroll" and filmed partially on the lawn of Duchamp's summer house in Southbury, Connecticut.