Summary:
This story takes place in a small town on the Hungarian Plain. In a provincial town, which is surrounded with nothing else but frost. It is bitterly cold weather - without snow. Even in this bewildered cold hundreds of people are standing around the circus tent, which is put up in the main square, to see - as the outcome of their wait - the chief attraction, the stuffed carcass of a real whale. The people are coming from everywhere. From the neighboring settlings, even from quite far away parts of the country. They are following this clumsy monster as a dumb, faceless, rag-wearing crowd. This strange state of affairs - the appearance of the foreigners, the extreme frost - disturbs the order of the small town. Aambitious personages of the story feel they can take advantage of this situation. The tension growing to the unbearable is brought to explosion by the figure of the Prince, who is pretending facelessness. Even his mere appearance is enough to break loose destructive emotions...
| Runtime: | 145 min |
|---|---|
| Production: | ARTE |
| Genres: | Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Crime |
| Countries: | Germany, Hungary, France, Italy |
| Languages: | Hungarian, Slovak |
| Home Release Date: | Feb 28, 2006 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Ágnes Hranitzky | Director |
| Béla Tarr | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Béla Tarr | Screenplay |
| György Fehér | Additional Dialogue |
| Gyuri Dósa Kiss | Additional Dialogue |
| László Krasznahorkai | Screenplay |
| Péter Dobai | Additional Dialogue |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Lars Rudolph | János Valuska |
| Peter Fitz | György Eszter |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Alfréd Járai | Lajos Harrer |
| Djoko Rosic | Man In Western Boots |
| Enikö Börcsök | Cast |
| Éva Almássy Albert | Aunt Piri |
| Ferenc Kállai | Director |
| György Barkó | Mr. Nadabán |
| Hanna Schygulla | Tünde Eszter |
| Irén Szajki | Mrs. Harrer |
| János Derzsi | Man In The Broad-Cloth Coat |
| Lajos Dobák | Mr. Volent |
| Mihály Kormos | Factotum |
| Putyi Horváth | Porter |
| Tamás Wichmann | Man In The Sailor-Cap |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Béla Tarr | Associate Producer |
| Franz Goëss | Producer |
| Joachim von Vietinghoff | Producer |
| Miklós Szita | Producer |
| Paul Saadoun | Producer |
| Ralph E. Cotta | Associate Producer |
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