Evenings of Cinema | Werckmeister Harmonies
11 March 2026. 7:00 pm
Budapest Music Center - Library
1093 Budapest, Mátyás utca 8.
In our series "Evenings of Cinema" we screen mostly Hungarian films, whose music and its creators are particularly dear and important to us. Both feature films and documentaries are on offer, from the dawn of cinema as well as from the recent past. And to make the experience even more complete, we will also invite the composers of the selected films (or their close colleagues and friends) to a conversation. Our host is film and music critic László Kolozsi, who is also a novelist and screenwriter, the latter of which he also teaches at MOME.
At our March event we remember Béla Tarr. On this occasion, we will screen the film drama Werckmeister Harmonies, based on the novel by László Krasznahorkai, and we will have as our guest, the film's composer, Mihály Víg.
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WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES
Hungarian film drama, 2000, 145 min
directed by Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky
written by László Krasznahorkai
screenwriter: Béla Tarr, György Fehér
cinematography by Gábor Medvigy, Emil Novák, Patrick de Ranter, Rob Tregenza, Erwin Lanzensberger, Miklós Gurbán
editor: Ágnes Hranitzky
costume designer: János Beckl
consultant: György Fehér
production manager: Gábor Téni, Lajos Gerhardt, Gábor Koncz "Csövi"
producer: Miklós Szita
composer: Mihály Víg
Starring:
Lars Rudolph, Peter Fitz, Hanna Schygulla, Mihály Kormos, Ferenc Kállai, Kati Lázár, László feLugossy, Djoko Rosić, János Derzsi
A mysterious circus troupe arrives in town with a giant whale carcass. Suspicious characters from the surrounding area flock to the spectacle, and locals fear the mob will go on a rampage in their town. Newspaper deliverer Valuska (Lars Rudolph) and old musicologist George Esther (Peter Fitz) watch helplessly as the apocalypse unfolds...
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The pre- and post-screening discussion will be moderated by film and music critic László Kolozsi.
Guest: Mihály Víg, composer
The film was provided by the National Film Institute Nonprofit Ltd.
Entry to the program is free, but due to the limited number of seats (80) a primary registration via e-mail (papp.krisztina@bmc.hu) is requested by 12:00 noon, 10th of March 2026, the latest. Thanks for your understanding!