Die Nacht (film)

Die Nacht
Die Nacht
Directed by	Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Screenplay by	Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Produced by	Hans Jürgen Syberberg
Starring	Edith Clever
Cinematography	Xaver Schwarzenberger
Edited by	Jutta Brandstaedter
Production; company	TMS Film GmbH
Release date	May 1985;
Running time	367 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

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, Martin Heidegger, Samuel Beckett and chief Seattle.^[1] The film was screened out of competition at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

Die Nacht has primarily been shown as an exhibition at art galleries, where viewers have been welcome to come and go as they please. Syberberg has said: "The gesamtkunstwerk I formerly strove for, now [with Edith Clever] became a theater of the world within one person ... where film and theater came together for me. The film on the stage, and the theater in the film."^[3] The film won the Deutscher Filmpreis for Best Direction and Best Actress.^[4]

References

^ Wapnewski, Peter (1985-07-15). "Film: Hymnen an die Nacht". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 2013-03-09.
^ "Die Nacht". festival-cannes.fr. Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 2013-03-09.
^ "Syberberg/Clever. Die Nacht. A Monologue". kunsthallewien.at. Kunsthalle Wien. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2013-03-09.
^ "Die Nacht". Filmportal.de (in German). German Film Institute. Retrieved 2013-03-09.