132006

8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements

"8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements is an American experimental film directed by Hans Richter, Marcel Duchamp, and Jean Cocteau. Described by Richter as "part Freud, part Lewis Carroll" and filmed partially on the lawn of Duchamp's summer house in Southbury, Connecticut."

Cast

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Hans Arp

as

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Paul Bowles

as

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Jean Cocteau

as

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Marcel Duchamp

as

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Max Ernst

as

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Man Ray

as

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Frederick Kiesler

as The Minotaur
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Dorothea Ernst

as

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Darius Milhaud

as

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Richard Huelsenbeck

as

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Yves Tanguy

as

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Jaqueline Matisse

as

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Alexander Calder

as

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Willem de Vogel

as

Crew

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Hans Richter

Writer
1094057

Hans Richter

Director
150601

Marcel Duchamp

Co-Director
9730

Jean Cocteau

Director
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Robert Abramson

Original Music Composer
3058731

Douglas Townsend

Original Music Composer
1183425

John Gruen

Original Music Composer