Klassenverhältnisse / Film von Danièle Huillet und Jean-Marie Straub ; deutsch-französische Coproduktion der Janus mit dem Hessischen Rundfunk und der NEF Diffusion.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Kanzog, Klaus, author.

Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924. Amerika, author.

Contributor:

Huillet, Danièle, director, editor.

Straub, Jean-Marie, director, editor.

Blank, Manfred, director.

Heinisch, Christian, actor.

Bianconi, Nazzareno, actor.

Adorf, Mario, actor.

Betti, Laura, actor.

Farocki, Harun, actor.

Lubtchansky, William, director of photography.

Champetier, Caroline, director of photography.

Pollock, Christophe, director of photography.

Volkmer, Klaus, associated name.

Janus Film und Fernsehen (Firm), producer.

Hessischer Rundfunk, producer.

Nouvelle édition française, producer.

Film & kunst GmbH, producer.

Series:

Edition Filmmuseum (Series) ; 11.

Edition Filmmuseum ; 11

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924--Film adaptations.

Kafka, Franz.

Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924.

Social conflict--Drama.

Social conflict.

Capitalism--Social aspects--Drama.

Capitalism.

Capitalism--Social aspects.

Genre:

Foreign films.

Film adaptations.

Feature films.

Drama.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (122 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.

monochrome

Place of Publication:

München : Film & Kunst, [2007]

Language Note:

In German with optional English or French subtitles.

System Details:

DVD, PAL, all regions, original format (1.37:1) enhanced for 4:3 TV presentation; Dolby digital 2.0 mono.

DVD-ROM features for PC and Mac.

digital

optical

mono

Dolby digital 2.0

PAL

video file

DVD video

all regions

Summary:

Based on Kafka's unfinished novel Amerika, Straub and Huillet's version is about class relations and about the society that is created by capitalism.

Contents:

Disc 1. Klassenverhältnisse = Class relations / written and directed by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub (122 min.) ; DVD-ROM with scripts, interviews and press conference (in German language only)

Disc 2. Arbeiten zu "Klassenverhältnisse" von Danièle Huillet und Jean-Marie Straub = Work on "Class relations" by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub / directed by Harun Farocki (65 min.) ; Wie will ich lustig lachen : Danièle Huillet und Jean-Marie Straub und ihr Film "Klassenverhältnisse" = How merrily I shall laugh : Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub and their film "Class relations" / directed by Manfred Blank (42 min.) ; Work in progress. Filmgenetische Analyse der Zeichenstruktur und Rhetorik in den Anfangssequenzen von "Klassenverhältnisse" anhand nicht verwendeter Takes = Genetic analysis of the sign structure and rhetoric in the opening sequences of the film "Class relations" on the basis of unused takes / concept and montage, Klaus Kanzog, Klaus Volkmer (20 min.).

Participant:

Christian Heinisch, Nazzareno Bianconi, Mario Adorf, Laura Betti, Harun Farocki.

Credits:

Photography, William Lubtchansky, Caroline Champetier, Christophe Pollock ; editing, Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub.

Notes:

Based on the novel Der Verschollene by Franz Kafka.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1984.

Booklet includes essays by Hans Hurch (in German), Barton Byg (in English) and Klaus Kanzog (in German).

Related Work:

Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924. Amerika, author.

Contains:

Class relations.

Arbeiten zu Klassenverhältnisse von Danièle Huillet und Jean-Marie Straub.

Work on Class relations by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub.

Wie will ich lustig lachen.

How merrily I shall laugh.

Work in progress.

OCLC:

213442609

Publisher Number:

4260100330117