Le Tango stupefiant

This is an imaginary cabaret where songs from the past unexpectedly meet. It celebrates with irony, tenderness and sophistication, broken hearts and mysterious rugs. Simply staged and beautifully lit, the film brings together a range of music written between 1900 and 1940 by composers and lyricists as diverse as Satie, Schoenberg, Brecht and Weill, Benjamin and W.H. Auden.

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Credits

producer

Ann Foreman

Duration

00:52:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1987

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300262

Language

English

Subject categories

Music & Performing Arts → Performing arts

Musicals

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1987

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