8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements

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8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements (1957)

Directed by Hans Richter, Jean Cocteau

Fantasy · 1h 20m

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.

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Cast

J
Jean Arp Paul Bowles Jean Cocteau Marcel Duchamp
M
Max Ernst Man Ray
F
Frederick Kiesler The Minotaur
D
Dorothea Ernst Darius Milhaud
R
Richard Huelsenbeck
Y
Yves Tanguy
J
Jaqueline Matisse

Crew

Director
Hans Richter, Jean Cocteau
Writer
Hans Richter
Original Music Composer
Robert Abramson, Douglas Townsend, John Gruen

Details

Release date
1957-03-15
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Fantasy
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English, French, German
Countries
United States of America