original title:
L'orologio di Monaco
directed by:
cast:
Giorgio Pressburger
screenplay:
Mauro Caputo, from the book by di Giorgio Pressburger
cinematography:
editing:
music:
Francesco Morosini, Alfredo Lacosegliaz
production:
distribution:
world sales:
country:
Italy
year:
2014
film run:
62'
format:
colour & b/w
release date:
28/02/2015
festivals & awards:
The story of a central European family whose ranks include the names of some of leading historical figures of the last two centuries (Marx, Heine, Mendelssohn, Husserl, etc.). In a study that interweaves past and present, the narrator relives the memories and human dramas that enabled him to understand “what it means to really belong to the human community of the living and the dead”.
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT:
The idea for the film comes
from a short story collection by Giorgio Pressburger.
I was immediately struck by the power of his
words, while instantly grasping what a difficult and
delicate job it would be to turn them into a film.
Giorgio’s voice carries enormous emotional weight,
and it was exciting to work with him and key
figures from the last two hundred years.