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Werckmeister Harmonies

Werckmeister harmóniák

2000

A gentle, wide-eyed young man watches his small Hungarian town slide into unease and mob violence after a sinister circus arrives bearing a giant stuffed whale and a shadowy agitator. Béla Tarr's spellbinding, apocalyptic parable.

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Part of 10 Essential Hungarian Films

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