The Night

The Night

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 1, 1985

Runtime

6h 7m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

85%

Original Title

Die Nacht

Production Companies

TMS Film GmbH

Director

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

Description

Die Nacht ("The night") is a 1985 West German installation film directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg. It consists of a six hours long monologue performed by Edith Clever, who reads texts by Syberberg and many different authors, such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich von Kleist, Plato, Friedrich Hölderlin, Novalis, Friedrich Nietzsche, Eduard Mörike, Richard Wagner, William Shakespeare, Samuel Beckett and chief Seattle. The film was screened out of competition at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. (from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Nacht)