''Ghosts Before Breakfast'' (german: Vormittagsspuk) is a 1928 German
dada
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ist animated short film directed by
Hans Richter.
It utilizes
stop motion
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for some of its effects and
live action
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for others. The film does not present a coherent narrative, and includes a number of seemingly arbitrary images.
The original accompanying score composed by
Paul Hindemith
Paul Hindemith (; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advocate of the ''Ne ...
for a
player piano
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is regarded as lost.
New audio tracks have been created by artists such as
The Real Tuesday Weld
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. British composer Ian Gardiner, who has written many scores for cinema and television, created a score for the film in 2006 (premiered by the Liverpool group
Ensemble 10/10
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, directed by Clark Rundell). The UK ensemble Counterpoise (violin, trumpet, saxophone, piano) premiered American composer Jean Hasse's score in 2008, touring the UK - it can be seen on YouTube.
Cast
In alphabetical order
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Werner Graeff
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Walter Gronostay
Walter Gronostay (1906–1937) was a German composer noted for his work on film scores. Gronostay studied under Arnold Schoenberg. From the late 1920s he began working on film music for a mixture of feature films and documentaries. Along with Herb ...
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Paul Hindemith
Paul Hindemith (; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advocate of the ''Ne ...
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Darius Milhaud
Darius Milhaud (; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as ''The Group of Six''—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositions ...
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Madeleine Milhaud
Madeleine Milhaud Milhaud (22 March 1902 – 17 January 2008) was a French actress and librettist. She was both cousin to and wife of composer Darius Milhaud.
Madeleine Milhaud was born in Paris to Michel and Maria Milhaud. Her father was from ...
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Jean Oser
* Willi Pferdekamp
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Hans Richter
References
External links
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1928 films
1928 animated films
1928 short films
1920s animated short films
German animated short films
German black-and-white films
German silent short films
Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Hans Richter
Dada
Short films with live action and animation
Films using stop-motion animation
1920s German films
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