Pierrot Lunaire (film)

Pierrot Lunaire
Pierrot Lunaire
Directed by	Bruce LaBruce
Written by	Bruce LaBruce
Produced by	Tomas Liska; Anna Mülter;
Starring	Susanne Sachsse; Luizo Vega; Maria Ivanenko;
Cinematography	Tomas Liska
Music by	Arnold Schoenberg
Distributed by	Die Lamb
Release date	9 February 2014 (Berlin);
Running time	51 minutes
Countries	Canada; Germany
Language	German

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

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

^ "Raspberry&Cream boards Pierrot Lunaire". Screen Daily, January 7, 2014.
^ Pierrot Lunaire at the Berlin International Film Festival.
^ "A cock of one's own" Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Exberliner, March 8, 2011.
^ Crasshole, Walter (8 March 2011). "A cock of one's own". EXBERLINER.com.
^ "Pierrot Lunaire". filmportal.de. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
^ "Berlin: 'The Way He Looks' and 'The Circle' Lead Teddy Award Winners". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 2014-02-15. Retrieved 2014-02-15.

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