Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene

This is a small, intense film based on Schoenberg’s opus of the same name with the subtitle “danger, fear, catastrophe”. It deals with emerging fascism and the persecution of Jews, as well as with their historical continuities.

Director: Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet

Cast: Jean-Marie Straub, Günter Peter Straschek, Danièle Huillet, Peter Nestler

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.