This weekend, the hottest ticket in New York is a seven-hour-plus movie about Adolf Hitler.
Showing just once at Film at Lincoln Center, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg’s rarely screened epic, “Hitler, a Film From Germany,” is, according to the programmers, sold out despite its behemoth running time (which includes a few breaks).
“There is Syberberg’s film — and then there are the other films one admires,” she wrote.
Divided in four parts, the film is a Wagnerian opera on acid, composed of theatrical sketches inspired by the German dictator’s life.
Syberberg wasn’t without a sense of humor, either: In one scene, steam pours out of a sculpture of a rear end.
Persons:
Adolf Hitler, Jürgen, “ Hitler, ”, Francis Ford Coppola, Susan Sontag’s, Sontag, Syberberg
Organizations:
Lincoln Center, Hans
Locations:
New York, Germany, United States