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Damnation Directed by Béla Tarr Music by Mihály Vig Running time 116 minutes Country Hungary Language Hungarian Damnation (Hungarian: Kárhozat) is a black-and-white 1988 Hungarian film directed by Béla Tarr. The screenplay was co-written by Tarr's frequent collaborator, László Krasznahorkai.
It is one of the favorite films of Susan Sontag.[1]
Plot
Damnation tells the story of Karrer (Miklos B. Szekely), a depressed man in love with a married torch singer (Vali Kerekes) from a local bar, the Titanik. The singer broke off their affair, because she dreams of becoming famous. Karrer is offered smuggling work by Willarsky (Gyula Pauer), the bartender at the Titanik. Karrer offers the job to the singer's husband, Sebastyen (Győrgy Cserhalmi). This gets him out of the way, but things don't go as Karrer plans. Betrayals follow. Karrer despairs.
References
External links
- Damnation at the Internet Movie Database
- Damnation at AllRovi
- Damnation at Rotten Tomatoes
- Jonathan Rosenbaum review
Films directed by Béla Tarr Family Nest · The Outsider · The Prefab People · Autumn Almanac · Damnation · Sátántangó · Werckmeister Harmonies · The Man from London · The Turin HorseCategories:- 1988 films
- Black-and-white films
- Hungarian films
- Hungarian-language films
- 1980s drama films
- Films directed by Béla Tarr
- 1980s drama film stubs
- Hungarian film stubs
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