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Valkyrie Limited

2009 · 52 min

A quiet, contemplative backstage portrait where creative obsession and operatic grandeur blur into strange, dreamlike visions.

Directed by
Dāvis Sīmanis Jr.
Genres
Documentary, Drama, Music
Starring
Januss Johansons, Inga Misāne, Ģirts Rāviņš
Overview
The documentary draws a portrait of an opera director who is staging Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre. He is torn between the tragicomic routine of an opera house and his own perception of Wagner and the Ring cycle. The film witnesses the director’s drama in maintaining the fragile link between a well-constructed performance and his own vision that lies within the music and the narrative, and is seen as German expressionism-like nightmares.

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Directed by
Dāvis Sīmanis Jr.
Genres
Documentary, Drama, Music
Starring
Januss Johansons, Inga Misāne, Ģirts Rāviņš
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • obsession
  • work
  • identity
  • madness
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action1
Horror2
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
documentary, drama, music
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Cinematography
Andrejs Rudzāts
Runtime
52 min
Country
Latvia

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