Ghosts Before Breakfast

Ghosts Before Breakfast

16mm, black and white, sound, 6.5 min
Photography by Reimar Kuntze. Music by Paul Hindemith. With Darius Milhaud, Jean Oser, Walter Gronostay, Werner Graeff, Paul Hindemith, and Hans Richter as actors. "Pure vintage dada. A humorous, delightful, ...
Rental format: 16mm

Stills

About

Photography by Reimar Kuntze. Music by Paul Hindemith. With Darius Milhaud, Jean Oser, Walter Gronostay, Werner Graeff, Paul Hindemith, and Hans Richter as actors.
"Pure vintage dada. A humorous, delightful, grotesque in which ordinary objects rebel against their daily routine and, for a brief period of liberation, fallow their own laws. A bow-tie undoes itself, bowler hats float gracefully through the air, coffee cups leap from a tray to smash themselves on the ground, and so forth. At the stroke of noon, they return to their normal functional state. GHOSTS BEFORE BREAKFAST represents one of the earliest collaborations between avant-garde filmmaker and composer: Paul Hindemith's score accompanied the film when it was first shown at an avent-garde music festival in Baden-Baden in 1928."–Standish D. Lawder.

Films

  • Other films by this artist in our catalogue

  • Read More
    Rhythm 21
    Animation
    Experimental

    Rhythm 21
    Hans Richter

    16mm, black and white, silent, 2.5 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Arts / Artists
    • Abstract
  • Read More
    Early Works
    Animation
    Experimental

    Early Works
    Hans Richter

    color and b/w, sound, 35 min
    Rental format: DVD PAL
  • Read More
    Rhythm 23
    Animation
    Experimental

    Rhythm 23
    Hans Richter

    16mm, black and white, sound, 2.5 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Arts / Artists
  • Read More
    Film Study
    Animation
    Experimental

    Film Study
    Hans Richter

    16mm, black and white, sound, 3.45 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Arts / Artists
  • Read More
    Race Symphony
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Race Symphony
    Hans Richter

    16mm, black and white, sound, 5 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Environment / Nature
    • History
  • Read More
    Everything Turns, Everything Revolves: Excerpt
    Experimental

    Everything Turns, Everything Revolves: Excerpt
    Hans Richter

    16mm, black and white, sound, 3.5 min
    • Arts / Artists
  • Read More
    Dreams That Money Can Buy
    Experimental
    Narrative

    Dreams That Money Can Buy
    Hans Richter

    16mm, color, sound, 84 min
    • Philosophical
    • Arts / Artists
  • Read More
    8 x 8
    Experimental

    8 x 8
    Hans Richter

    16mm, color, sound, 88 min
    • Arts / Artists
  • Read More
    Passionate Pastime
    Documentary
    Experimental
    Narrative

    Passionate Pastime
    Hans Richter

    16mm, color, sound, 28 min
    • History
  • Read More
    Give Chance a Chance: A Portrait of Hans Richter
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Give Chance a Chance: A Portrait of Hans Richter
    Hans Richter

    color, sound, 28 min
    Rental format: DVD PAL