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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...

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Main Authors:	Krasznahorkai, László (Author, Producer), Tarr, Béla, 1955- (Author, Director, Producer), Rudolph, Lars, 1966- (Author, Actor)
Corporate Authors:	Goëss Film, Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion (Firm), 13 Production (Firm), Magyar Mozgókép Közalapítvány, Országos Rádió és Televízió Testület (ORTT), Magyar Televízió, Nemzeti Kulturális Alap (Hungary), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Association relative à la télévision européenne, Eurimages (Organization), Fondazione MonteCinemaVerità, Radiotelevisione italiana, Studio Babelsberg, Facets Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Hranitzky, Ágnes (Producer), Fehér, György, 1939- (Screenwriter), Dobai, Péter (Screenwriter), Dósa Kiss Gyuri (Screenwriter), Goëss, Franz, 1929- (Producer), Szita, Miklós (Producer), Vietinghoff, Joachim von (Producer), Saadoun, Paul (Producer), Fitz, Péter (Actor), Schygulla, Hanna, 1943- (Actor), Derzsi, János, 1954- (Actor), Kállai, Ferenc (Actor)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Hungarian
Language Notes:	In Hungarian with English subtitles.
Published:	[Budapest] : Goëss Film ; [2006]
Series:	Films of Béla Tarr.
Subjects:	Circus > Drama. Rumor > Drama. Social psychology > Drama. Abnormalities, Human > Drama. Curiosities and wonders > Drama. Supernatural > Drama. Expressionism in motion pictures. Hungary > Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Hungarian fiction > Film adaptations. Thriller > Feature. Suspense films. Motion pictures, Hungarian. Foreign films.

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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.
Item Description:	A forgatőkönyvet Krasznahorkai László ellenállás melankóliája [script based on Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai] 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. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 145 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : black and white illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Format:	DVD; Region 0 (All), NTSC; widescreen presentation.
Production Credits:	Fényképezte [photographed by], Gábor Medvigy, Jörg Widmer, Patrick de Ranter, Rob Tregenze, Novák Emil, Erwin Lanzensberger és Gurbán Miklós ; társrendező és vágo Hranitzky Ágnes [co-director and editor], Ágnes Hranitzky ; zeneszerző [composer], Víg Mihály.
ISBN:	1565805089 9781565805088