Some Kind of Shadow Machines Were Passing by (1990)

ALL 07/22/1990 (de) 15 Min
  • Release
    07/22/1990
  • Production
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  • Original title
    Es waren irgendwelche Schattenmaschinen, die da forbeifuhren
  • Original language
    de
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Overview

In this interview Müller and Kluge explore the East German’s memories of the final days of the war. The session is introduced by a clip from the Russian film maker Sergei Parajanov’s 1961 film entitled The Ukranian Rhapsody. Here a soldier of the Red Army is writing a letter to his fiancee Oskana on the home front, describing to her his imagined vision of listening to Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata in the middle of battle. “In the past I rarely listened to Beethoven,” he says, “if he had composed only the Moonlight Sonata, the war would have had to stop in front of it too.” The scene then is interrupted by the arrival of German tanks.

  1. Alexander Kluge

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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Some Kind of Shadow Machines Were Passing by (1990) 15 Min

ALL 07/22/1990 (de)
  • Release 07/22/1990
  • Production
  • Original title Es waren irgendwelche Schattenmaschinen, die da forbeifuhren
  • de
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

In this interview Müller and Kluge explore the East German’s memories of the final days of the war. The session is introduced by a clip from the Russian film maker Sergei Parajanov’s 1961 film entitled The Ukranian Rhapsody. Here a soldier of the Red Army is writing a letter to his fiancee Oskana on the home front, describing to her his imagined vision of listening to Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata in the middle of battle. “In the past I rarely listened to Beethoven,” he says, “if he had composed only the Moonlight Sonata, the war would have had to stop in front of it too.” The scene then is interrupted by the arrival of German tanks.

  1. Alexander Kluge

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer