The Night
1985
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.
Director:
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Writers:
Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Martin Heidegger
Awards:
2 wins
Production:
TMS Films
Country:
West Germany, Austria
