Pierrot Lunaire (film)

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Directed byBruce LaBruce
Written byBruce LaBruce
Produced by
  • Tomas Liska
  • Anna Mülter
Starring
  • Susanne Sachsse
  • Luizo Vega
  • Maria Ivanenko
Pierrot Lunaire
Directed byBruce LaBruce
Written byBruce LaBruce
Produced by
  • Tomas Liska
  • Anna Mülter
Starring
  • Susanne Sachsse
  • Luizo Vega
  • Maria Ivanenko
CinematographyTomas Liska
Music byArnold Schoenberg
Distributed byDie Lamb
Release date
  • 9 February 2014 (2014-02-09) (Berlin)
Running time
51 minutes
CountriesCanada
Germany
LanguageGerman

Pierrot Lunaire is a Canadian/German film, which premiered at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival.[1]

Written and directed by Bruce LaBruce as an adaptation of Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire, the film adds a transgender interpretation to the work, starring Susanne Sachsse as a trans man Pierrot.[2] The film originated as a theatrical production of Pierrot Lunaire, which LaBruce directed for Berlin's Hebbel am Ufer theatre in 2011.[3]

The costumes were designed by Zaldy.[4][5]

The film won a Jury Award from the 2014 Teddy Award jury.[6]

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