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The Turin Horse

The Turin Horse

Fiction, 146 min.
Coproduction with foreign director

Title F:Le cheval de Turin
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by Béla Tarr

Hungary / Germany / France / Switzerland, February 2011

In Turin on January 3rd 1889, Friedrich Nietzsche steps out of his house. Nearby the driver of a carriage is having trouble with a stubborn horse. It refuses to move, whereupon the driver loses his patience and hits it. Nietzsche sees the brutal scene and suddenly jumps up to the cab and throws his arms around the horse, sobbing. His landlord takes him home, he lies motionless for two days until he mutters his last words “Mother, I am stupid”, and lives for another ten years, silent and demented. We do not know what happened to the horse. But the film follows up this question.

 

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Directed by: Béla Tarr
Written by: Béla Tarr, László Krasznahorkai

World Premiere: February 2011
Original Version: Hungarian (german/french subtitles), b/w, 35mm, 146 min.
ISAN

ISAN: 0000-0002-FE1D-0000-E-0000-0000-W

Production: TT Filmmühely, zero fiction film GmbH, MPM – Movie Partners In Motion Film, Vega Film AG, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
Producer: Ruth Waldburger, Gábor Téni, Juliette Lepoutre, Marie-Pierre Marcia, Martin Hagemann
Executive Producer: Gábor Téni

Cinematography: Fred Kelemen
Editing: Ágnes Hranitzky
Location Sound Mix: György Kovács
Sound Design: Mihály Víg
Rerecording Sound Mix: Gábor Erdélyi Jr.
Music: Mihály Víg
Art Direction: Sándor Kállay
Costumes: János Breckl

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János Derzsi
as Ohlsdorfer 
Erika Bók
as Daughter 
Volker Spengler
 
Mihály Kormos
as Bernhardt 

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World Sales: Films Boutique

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Distribution Switzerland: Vega Distribution AG
Distribution France: Sophie Dulac Distribution

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  • Berlin, Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Grosser Preis der Jury - Silberner Bär 2011

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