New Year's Eve

A short film made by Sirk at the end of his life with one of his students. An adaptation of Schnitzler, with Hanna Schygulla: a night of New Year’s Eve, when the family meal is finished, Hanna is in a window while a young man entertains her and talks of the one he loves but can’t join at that time.

Cast

Christian Berkel

The Young Man

Hanna Schygulla

Society Woman

Crew

Uli Edel

Editor

Uli Edel

Assistant Director

Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

Director of Photography

Arthur Schnitzler

Writer

Douglas Sirk

Screenplay

Dieter Dörfler

Sound

Douglas Sirk

Director

Hajo Gies

Director

Ingrid Träutlein-Peer

Editor