Pierrot Lunaire (film)

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

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

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". 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. Retrieved 2014-02-15.


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