The Night

Year: 1985

Runtime: 367 mins

Language: German

Director: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

Documentary

Die Nacht (“The Night”) is a 1985 West German installation film directed by Hans‑Jürgen Syberberg. It comprises a six‑hour monologue performed by Edith Clever, who reads Syberberg’s own words and excerpts from Goethe, Kleist, Plato, Hölderlin, Novalis, Nietzsche, Mörike, Wagner, Shakespeare, Beckett and Chief Seattle. The film screened out of competition at Cannes in 1985.

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