Research Catalog

Die klage der Kaiserin = La plainte de l'impératrice = The plaint of the empress

Title
Die klage der Kaiserin = La plainte de l'impératrice = The plaint of the empress / Rudolf Rach, L'Arche Éditeur, Paris présente ; ein Film von Pina Bausch.
Publication
  • Paris : L'Arche, [2011]
  • ©2011, ©1989

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

2 Items

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request Appointment

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.

DVDUse in library *MGZIDVD 5-8569Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request for On-site UseRequest Scan

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.

DVDUse in library *MGS (German) 20-1700Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

Details

Additional Authors
  • Bausch, Pina
  • Tanztheater (Wuppertal, Germany), dancer.
  • Arche (Firm)
Description
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
  • The Complaint of an Empress was produced between October 1987 and April 1989. It is the first film by choreographer Pina Bausch, (born in Solingen in 1940, died 30 June 2009). The general framework is set by the changing seasons - autumn, winter and spring.
  • The film's inner structure reflects Pina Bausch's method of working as developed with the Wuppertal Theatre of Dance during the 1973/74 season. The film consequently does not tell a story, but is made up of various scenes put together as a collage reflecting certain moods and invoking different associations. The film scenes, some of which are thoroughly absurd, are set in different locations, such as the woods and fields around Wuppertal, the city centre, the suspension railway, a carpet shop, a greenhouse and the rehearsal room in a former cinema (Wuppertal's "Lichtburg").
Alternative Title
  • Plainte de l'impératrice
  • Plaint of the empress
  • Dossier.
  • Complaint of an empress.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance films.
  • Feature films.
Note
  • Released in the U.S. under the title: 'The Complaint of an empress'.
  • DVD is accompanied by the book: Dossier.
  • Accompanying book includes synopsis and interview with Pina Bausch in German with English and French translations.
  • Full screen (1.33:1).
Credits (note)
  • Choreographer, writer, director, Pina Bausch ; cinematography, Martin Schäfer, Detlef Erler ; producer, Herbert Rach ; music director, Mattias Burkert ; sound, Michael Felber.
Performer (note)
  • Mariko Aoyama, Anne Marie Benati, Bénédicte Billiet, Rolando Brenes Calvo, Antonio Carallo, Finola Cronin, Dominique Duszynski, Mechthild Grossmann, Barbara Hampel, Kyomi Ichida, Urs Kaufmann, Ed Kortlandt, Beatrice Libonati, Anne Martin, Dominique Mercy, Jan Minarik, Helena Pikon, Dana Sapiro, Jean-Laurent Sasportes, Mark Sieczkarek, Julie Ann Stanzak, Mark Alan Wilson.
Language (note)
  • In German, French and English with German, French and English subtitles.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-8569
ISBN
  • 9782851817563
  • 2851817566
OCLC
780446042
Title
Die klage der Kaiserin = La plainte de l'impératrice = The plaint of the empress / Rudolf Rach, L'Arche Éditeur, Paris présente ; ein Film von Pina Bausch.
Publisher
Paris : L'Arche, [2011]
Copyright Date
©2011, ©1989
Country of Producing Entity
Germany naf
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
text
still image
Type of Medium
video
unmediated
Type of Carrier
videodisc
volume
Digital File Characteristics
video file DVD video region 0
Cast
Mariko Aoyama, Anne Marie Benati, Bénédicte Billiet, Rolando Brenes Calvo, Antonio Carallo, Finola Cronin, Dominique Duszynski, Mechthild Grossmann, Barbara Hampel, Kyomi Ichida, Urs Kaufmann, Ed Kortlandt, Beatrice Libonati, Anne Martin, Dominique Mercy, Jan Minarik, Helena Pikon, Dana Sapiro, Jean-Laurent Sasportes, Mark Sieczkarek, Julie Ann Stanzak, Mark Alan Wilson.
Credits
Choreographer, writer, director, Pina Bausch ; cinematography, Martin Schäfer, Detlef Erler ; producer, Herbert Rach ; music director, Mattias Burkert ; sound, Michael Felber.
Original Version
Originally released as a 16 mm. motion picture. Pina Bausch Foundation, 1989.
Language
In German, French and English with German, French and English subtitles.
Added Author
Bausch, Pina, choreographer, screenwriter, film director.
Tanztheater (Wuppertal, Germany), dancer.
Arche (Firm)
Added Title
Dossier.
Complaint of an empress.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-8569 [DVD]
*MGS (German) 20-1700 [Notes]
View in Legacy Catalog