Songs on the Death of children

Based on a free interpretation of Gustav Mahler´s Song Cycle by the same name and a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, this multiple award winning film is a striking example of Titus Leber´s approach to visualise classical music. Using his so called “multi-layer-method” to superimpose several image layers the author takes us in a dream-like lamentation-quest of a mother's winter-journey searching for her child who has been carried off by the Angel of Death.

Release Date

September 7, 1976

Status

Released

Original Title

Kindertotenlieder

Runtime

35min

Budget

Revenue

Language

German

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