Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene (1973)

Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene (1973)

Release Date: 1973, April 9
Directors: Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Countries: Germany
Production: Südwestfunk

Overview:

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.