Werckmeister Harmonies

Published on April 11, 2026

Harvard Film Archive
24 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sat., Apr. 11, 2026, 7:30 – 9:55 p.m.

Close-up of a wide-eyed young white man wearing a coat and scarf before a stark background

János Valuska could be the director of the film or the director of the universe as he arranges the drunkards of the town in the formation of the solar system to explain the oncoming eclipse. “All I ask is that you step with me into the boundlessness where constancy, quietude and peace, infinite emptiness reign,” he, and apparently Béla Tarr, request. Vast, overpowering shots are strung together by a liquid, impassive camera observing the stark, isolated town in Tarr’s cosmic fairy tale.

Gazette Classification: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Cost: $10 - Regular Admission / $8 - Non-Harvard Students, Harvard staff and Senior Citizens. Harvard students free.
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