The Turin Horse

Le cheval de Turin

Hungary / Germany / France / Switzerland, February 2011
FILM, Fiction, 146 min.

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directed by
Béla Tarr
Written by
Béla Tarr, László Krasznahorkai
Status
In distribution

In Turin on January 3rd 1889, Friedrich Nietzsche steps out of his house. Nearby the driver of a carriage is having trouble with a stubborn horse. It refuses to move, whereupon the driver loses his patience and hits it. Nietzsche sees the brutal scene and suddenly jumps up to the cab and throws his arms around the horse, sobbing. His landlord takes him home, he lies motionless for two days until he mutters his last words “Mother, I am stupid”, and lives for another ten years, silent and demented. We do not know what happened to the horse. But the film follows up this question.

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World Premiere
February 2011
Original Version
Hungarian (french/german subtitles),  b/w, 35mm, 146 min.
ISAN
0000-0002-FE1D-0000-E-0000-0000-W
Production
TT Filmmühely, zero fiction film GmbH, MPM Premium, Vega Film, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
Producer
Ruth Waldburger, Gábor Téni, Juliette Lepoutre, Marie-Pierre Marcia, Martin Hagemann
directed by
Béla Tarr
Written by
Béla Tarr, László Krasznahorkai
Editing
Ágnes Hranitzky
Sound Design
Mihály Víg
Re-Recording Mix
Gábor Erdélyi Jr.
Music
Mihály Víg
Location Sound Mix
György Kovács
Production Design
Sándor Kállay
Costumes
János Breckl

Cast

János Derzsi as Ohlsdorfer
Erika Bók as Daughter
Volker Spengler
Mihály Kormos as Bernhardt

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Films Boutique

Worldwide Distribution

France
Sophie Dulac Distribution Distribution
Release date: 30.11.2011
Switzerland
Vega Distribution AG Distribution

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