V005: »Der Narr von Wien«; Lichtspielszene;
»Anton Weberns Tod« (Fragment)
Non-commercial, VHS (PAL), color, in German, 2:03:30.
Time | Description |
0:00 | Newscaster introduces upcoming film, "Der Narr von Wien," a film by John Goldschmidt about poet Peter Altenberg (played by Kurt Sowinetz) |
0:15 | Film begins; music by Ravel (La Valse) and Johann Strauss; characters portrayed include Karl Kraus, Egon Friedell, Adolf and Bessie Loos, Lina Loos, Helga Malenberg, the Ashanti. Locations in and around Vienna include Café Central, Steinhof, Stadtpark, Postsparkasse |
1:30:30 | Credits |
1:32:00 | Newscaster introduces upcoming film (her comments are cut off) |
1:32:15 | New segment begins. Jean-Marie Straub introduces Schoenberg's biography and his production of Begleitmusik zu einer Lichtspielszene. Photos of Schoenberg flash by, someone reads from Schoenberg's correspondence with Kandinsky. |
1:38:30 | Music (Lichtspielszene) begins in the background while man continues to read. |
1:43:20 | Woman sits with cat. Another man reads from the correspondence. |
1:44:50 | Photo of people in graves, footage of crew preparing an airplane for attack, footage of air battle, World War II newspaper headlines |
1:47:20 | Titles |
1:47:50 | Film, "Anton Weberns Tod," begins abruptly. Monologues by an actor playing Webern alternate with bizarre scenes of an empty, run-down apartment building and the disturbed, disheveled man (Raymond Bell) who lives there. Johann Strauss's Schatzwalzer accompanies his meanderings around a gutted dance hall in Mittersill. |
2:01:00 | Credits |
2:03:30 | End |
Credits
»Der Narr von Wien«
Produced by John Goldschmidt
Screenplay by Felix Mitterer
Begleitungsmusik zu einer Lichtspielszene
Directed by Jean-Marie Straub
With: Günter Peter Straschek, Danièle Huillet, Peter Nestler
»Anton Weberns Tod«
Idea and text: Gert Jonke
Anton Webern: Peter Fitz
Raymond Bell: Stuart Rudin