Film
8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements
1957 · 1h 20m · Fantasy
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- 5.7
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Overview
8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements is an American experimental film directed by Hans Richter, Marcel Duchamp, and Jean Cocteau. Described by Richter as "part Freud, part Lewis Carroll" and filmed partially on the lawn of Duchamp's summer house in Southbury, Connecticut.
Cast
Hans Arp
Paul Bowles
Jean Cocteau
Marcel Duchamp
Max Ernst
Man Ray
Frederick Kiesler
The Minotaur
Dorothea Ernst
Darius Milhaud
Richard Huelsenbeck
Yves Tanguy
Jaqueline Matisse
Alexander Calder
Willem de Vogel
Crew
- Hans RichterWriter · Director
- Jean CocteauDirector
- Douglas TownsendOriginal Music Composer
- John GruenOriginal Music Composer
- Robert AbramsonOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- Release date
- March 15, 1957
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Fantasy
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