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The Night

The Night

1985•6h 7m•8.5/10
Documentary

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8.5/10(2)

An installation film that consists of a six-hour-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.

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TMS Film GmbH

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Edith Clever

Edith Clever

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