The Transformation of the World Into Music

1996 · 90 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 97 VOTES · DIR. Werner Herzog

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Overview

This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television. It depicts the behind-the-scenes manoeuvrings in preparation for the annual opera festival in Bayreuth.

Dialogue Timeline — 802 lines

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00:00:04 The Transformation of the World Into Music
00:03:40 is possibly one of the greatest treasures
00:10:23 ...whereupon the cramp seemed to ease somewhat
00:14:45 'The Flying Dutchmar Sailors' Chorus
00:19:50 It's not her in her life, nor him in his seven-year cycle
00:21:22 - At another venue you'd never... - No, you can only do that here.
00:26:30 If there's an enemy, you face them front-on, not with the rear.
00:31:16 Yes.
00:40:53 The same is repeated in Lohengrin.
00:42:43 the venue in Bayreuth, the Festspielhaus.
00:44:25 a knitting needle pointed here like this.
00:49:06 It's got to be, "Greetings, greetings, greetings!"
00:52:37 So, Act 1, please.
00:56:35 and then I did a guest performance in Heidelberg
00:58:25 Oh, yes!
01:01:44 - Of Richard's. - Indeed.
01:04:22 The others still have it.
01:10:18 Now we move further apart.
01:15:53 And these spaces on the stage are a pre-drawn outline
01:18:07 But I mean to say, the first attacks have already been launched.
01:19:44 And I also find that that's overdoing it.
01:21:57 Let's play the beginning again.
01:25:04 and yet shows a lot of passion
01:29:59 A Werner Herzog Film Production for ARTE/Unitel and ZDF

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed802
Dialogue density8.9 lines / min
First line00:00:04
Final line01:29:59

Production Record

DirectorWerner Herzog
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes97