Pierrot Lunaire (film)

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Pierrot Lunaire
Directed by Bruce LaBruce
Written byBruce LaBruce
Produced by
  • Tomas Liska
  • Anna Mülter
Starring
  • Susanne Sachsse
  • Luizo Vega
  • Maria Ivanenko
CinematographyTomas Liska
Music by Arnold Schoenberg
Distributed byDie Lamb
Release date
  • 9 February 2014 (2014-02-09)(Berlin)
Running time
51 minutes
CountriesCanada
Germany
Language German

Pierrot Lunaire is a Canadian/German film, which premiered at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival. [1]

Written and directed by Bruce LaBruce as an adaptation of Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire , the film adds a transgender interpretation to the work, starring Susanne Sachsse as a trans man Pierrot. [2] The film originated as a theatrical production of Pierrot Lunaire, which LaBruce directed for Berlin's Hebbel am Ufer theatre in 2011. [3]

The costumes were designed by Zaldy. [4] [5]

The film won a Jury Award from the 2014 Teddy Award jury. [6]

References

  1. "Raspberry&Cream boards Pierrot Lunaire". Screen Daily , January 7, 2014.
  2. Pierrot Lunaire at the Berlin International Film Festival.
  3. "A cock of one's own" Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine . Exberliner, March 8, 2011.
  4. Crasshole, Walter (8 March 2011). "A cock of one's own". EXBERLINER.com.
  5. "Pierrot Lunaire". filmportal.de. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  6. "Berlin: 'The Way He Looks' and 'The Circle' Lead Teddy Award Winners". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 2014-02-15. Retrieved 2014-02-15.