Die Nacht (film)

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
Directed byHans-Jürgen Syberberg
Produced byHans Jürgen Syberberg
Screenplay byHans-Jürgen Syberberg
StarringEdith Clever
CinematographyXaver Schwarzenberger
Edited byJutta Brandstaedter
Production
company
TMS Film GmbH
Release date
  • May 1985 (1985-05)
Running time
367 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

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