Heute Nacht Oder Nie

[Machine Translation] Daniel Schmidt's masterpiece, which has a devoted fan base due to its graceful images and unique fictional world, has been revived in a digitally remastered version! This is Daniel Schmidt's first feature film. It depicts the ritual of a banquet held one night a year in the hall of a mansion, in which the master and servants are reversed, leading the viewer into a magical experience. The setting is the hotel owned by the filmmaker's grandparents, which was later used in "Between the Seasons. The film was shot by Renato Berta, who had worked with Alain Tanner and Jean-Marie Straub/Daniel Huillet at the time, and was his first collaboration with Schmidt. Starring Ingrid Kafen, who has been an integral part of Schmidt's films since then, and Peter Kern, internationally known for Schmidt's next film, La Paloma. When the film was shown at the Venice International Film Festival, it was praised by jury member Luchino Visconti, who awarded it the Best New Director Award. The long-awaited digitally remastered version is released for the first time in the world. --The master of the pavilion exchanges roles with his servants only on this night, the day of the annual festival. The servants are served a succession of drinks and dishes by the master and his men, and a feast is held. The evening is filled with sweet love songs, a traveling troupe of entertainers, enchanting dances, and other entertainments, and then the seances begin. Commentary and postcard enclosed.

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その優美な映像と唯一無二の虚構世界により、熱狂的ファンを持つダニエル・シュミットの名作がデジタルリマスター版にて甦る! 本作はダニエル・シュミットの長編劇映画第1作。ある屋敷の大広間で年に一夜行われる主人と召使いの逆転する宴の儀式を描き、見るものを魔術的体験へと導いてゆく。舞台は後に『季節のはざまで』でも使用された自身の祖父母の経営していたホテル。撮影は当時アラン・タネールやジャン=マリー・ストローブ/ダニエル・ユイレ作品を手がけていたレナート・ベルタでシュミットと初めて組んだ。出演はその後のシュミット作品で欠かせぬイングリッド・カーフェン、そしてシュミットの次作『ラ・パロマ』で世界的に知られるペーター・カーン。ヴェネツィア国際映画祭に出品されると、審査員のルキノ・ヴィスコンティが賞賛、新人監督賞を受賞した。待望のデジタル・リマスター版で世界初リリース。――年に一度の祭りの日、この夜に限り、館の主人は召使いと役割を交換する。召使いたちの前に主人らの手で次々と飲み物や料理が運ばれ、晩餐が開かれる。甘い恋歌や旅芸人一座の劇、魅惑的なダンスなど出し物が披露され、やがて降霊術が始まる・・・。解説・ポストカード封入。