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"Karrer, a hapless human wreck, is in love with a married cabaret singer in a Hungarian mining town. He longs for a better life with the singer, who wants to escape to work the nightclubs of the big cities. In a plot designed to give him more time with her, Karrer involves the singer's hus...
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| Varying form of title: | Title from English subtitles: Damnation. |
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Tarr, Béla, 1955- Krasznahorkai, László. Marx, József. Székely, Miklós B., 1948- Kerekes, Vali. Cserhalmi, György, 1948- Pauer, Gyula, 1941- Temessy, Hédi, 1925-2001. Víg, Mihály. Hames, Peter. Daly, Fergus. |
| Other Corporate Authors / Creators: | Magyar Filmintézet. MOKÉP (Firm) Magyar Televízió. Facets Video (Firm) |
| Format: | DVD |
| Language: | Hungarian |
| Language notes: | In Hungarian with English subtitles. |
| Edition: | Widescreen format (1.66:1). |
| Imprint: | Chicago, IL : Facets Video, [2006] |
| Series: | Films of Béla Tarr.
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| Other title: | Bela Tarr : a cinema of patience. Melancholy of resistance : the films of Bela Tarr. Waiting for the prince : an interview with Bela Tarr. |
| Summary: | "Karrer, a hapless human wreck, is in love with a married cabaret singer in a Hungarian mining town. He longs for a better life with the singer, who wants to escape to work the nightclubs of the big cities. In a plot designed to give him more time with her, Karrer involves the singer's husband in a smuggling scheme, but his plans go awry" -- Container. Karrer is in love with a cabaret singer and wants to spend the rest of his life with her, but the only way he can do that is to get rid of her husband by getting him involved in a smuggling scheme. |
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| Item Description: | Based on a novel by Krasznahorkai László. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1987. Booklet ("Bela Tarr : a cinema of patience", c2006) includes an essay on Tarr by Peter Hames ("The melancholy of resistance : the films of Bela Tarr", c2002), an interview with Tarr by Fergus Daly ("Waiting for the prince : an interview with Bela Tarr", c2001), a brief biography of Tarr, and a filmography for Tarr. Container erroneously lists duration as 122 min. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
| System Details: | DVD, all-zone NTSC. |
| Credits: | Cinematography, Medivgy Gábor ; film editor, Hranitzky Ágnes ; music, Víg Mihály. |
| Cast: | Székely B. Miklós, Kerekes Vali, Temessy Hédi, Pauer Gyula, Cserhalmi György. |
| ISBN: | 1565805232 9781565805231 |