HN - Hermann Nitsch

Contents:

Contents of the Movie:
Actions by Hermann Nitsch
Hermann Nitsch talks about himself
Interviews with (in order of appearance): 

  • Kati Sturm - Actress

  • Esther Merz - Actress

  • Francesco Conz - Art collector and publisher

  • Berthold Rothschild - Psychoanalyst

  • Wieland Schmied - Art critic

  • Günther Brus - Viennese Actionist

  • Ana Brus - Günther Brus's wife

  • Heinz Cibulka - Photographer

  • Leo Kopp - Hermann Nitsch's adoptive son

  • Oskar Schmidt - Patron of the Arts

  • Giuseppe Morra - Art collector

  • Achille Bonito Oliva - Art critic

  • Andrea Cusumano - Conductor O.M.T. orchestra

  • Rita Leitenbor - Hermann Nitsch's wife

  • Giuseppe Zevola - Artist

  • Paul Sakoilsky - Artist

  • Raffaella Morra - Curator

  • Heike Curtze - Gallerist

Images from the private archives of Hermann Nitsch, Günther Brus and Francesco Conz thanks to wich the movie represents a unique, intimate portrait of the artist.

Credits:

Directed by:        Daniela Ambrosoli

Camera:              Aliocha Merker

Editing:               Johannes Hiroshi Nakajima

Sound:                Gianluca Scarlata, Ignazio Vellucci

Camera assistant:        Lorenzo Donin

Speaker (english and german):     Jarreth Merz

Postproduction coordinator: Andrea Stucovitz

Dubbing director:         Roberto Ciurluini

Sound postproduction:          Sound Design di Elio Galfucci

Music:        Hermann Nitsch, Béla Bartòk, Giuseppe Tartini, Iris Szeghy, Richard Wagner, J. S. Bach, Antonin Dvorak, Johannes Brahms

Produced by:      Daniele Mazzocca

Production companies:          Verdeoro, Roma, Pierino Ambrosoli Foundation, Zürich

Production year: 2009

Versions:   Italian, English, German

Duration:   52 min (TV) & 62 min (Cinema)         16:9 PAL, Color & BW, Dolby Digital

Screenings:

- TV Premiere of the documentary HN HERMANN NITSCH Austrian TV ORF III - 3-4.9.2013


- Screening at the opening night of the exhibition "HERMANN NITSCH – SINNE UND SEIN Retrospektive".The 75th Birthday Celebration of the renowned artist Hermann Nitsch will also take place at the same time. Mistelbach, Nitsch Museum - 6.4.13


- HN HERMANN NITSCH Dokumentarfilm von Daniela Ambrosoli in Linz, Oökulturquartier - 23.11.2012


- Matinée in Anwesenheit des Künstlers Wien, k/haus - 10.6.2012


- Film Premiere 12.02.2012 St. Pölten (A), Cinema Paradiso

 

- DVD presentation and movie Premiere Wien, Filmcasino - 18.12.2011


- Private Screening 10.5.2011


- Senigallia (I) Teatro Piccola Fenice - 11.06.2010

  

- Bologna, Accademia di Belle Arti - 09.06.2010


- Verona, Museo d'Arte Moderna - 27.01.2010


- Napoli, Museo Hermann Nitsch - 18.01.2010


- Zürich, Zentrum Karl der Grosse - 14.11.2009


- Museum Nitsch Mistelbach (A) - 05.10.2009


- Napoli, Museo Hermann Nitsch - 01.09.2009


Festivals:


Official Selection
HOT SPRINGS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
Hot Springs (USA)
14 - 23 October 2011



Official selection
FESTIVAL DU FILM DE STRASBOURG (France)
August 2011


Official selection
DA VINCI FILM FESTIVAL, Corvallis (USA)
15-17 July 2011

Official selection
REVELATION - PERTH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Australia)
14 - 24 July 2011

Official selection

BEVERLY HILLS FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
6 - 10 April 2011

Official selection
LA FEMME FILM FESTIVAL, Los Angeles (USA)
14 - 17 October 2010

Official selection
PUNTA DEL ESTE DOCUMENTARY & FICTION FESTIVAL (Uruguay) -
17 - 18 September 2010

Official selection
ASOLO FILM FESTIVAL (Italy)
27 August - 5 September 2010



Awards:

BEVERLY HILLS FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
6 - 10 April 2011


AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

Best Documentary
went to "HN - Hermann Nitsch,” written and directed by

Daniela Ambrosoli

Available formats:

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