8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements - Cast (original) (raw)

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8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements (1955)

80 min |Music


It is a fairy tale for the subconscious based on the game of chess. Partly Sigmund Freud, partly Lewis Carroll.

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Directors

Jean Cocteau |Hans Richter

Writer

Hans Richter

Producer

Hans Richter (producer)

Composers

Robert Abramson |John Gruen |Douglas Townsend

Cinematographer

Al Goldman (assistant)

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Updated 1955 Sep 10


Release date

Mar 15, 1957 (United States)

Awards

1 nomination


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17 cast members
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Jean Arp primary photo Jean Arp Actor Actor See fewer Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me (2003)
Paul Bowles primary photo Paul Bowles Actor Actor See fewer The Sheltering Sky (1990)
Ceal Bryson primary photo Ceal Bryson Actress Actress See fewer 8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements (1955)
Alexander Calder primary photo Alexander Calder Actor Actor See fewer Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947)
Jean Cocteau primary photo Jean Cocteau Actor Actor See fewer Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Willem de Vogel primary photo Willem de Vogel Actor Actor See fewer Jongens, jongens, wat een meid (1965)
Marcel Duchamp primary photo Marcel Duchamp Actor Actor See fewer Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947)
Dorothea Ernst primary photo Dorothea Ernst Actress Actress See fewer 8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements (1955)
Max Ernst primary photo Max Ernst Actor Actor See fewer L'Age d'Or (1930)
Richard Hulsenbeck primary photo Richard Hulsenbeck Actor Actor See fewer Archives du XXème siècle (1971)
Frederick Kiesler primary photo Frederick Kiesler Minotaur Minotaur See fewer Camera Three (1954)
Julien Lary primary photo Julien Lary Actor Actor See fewer 8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements (1955)
Jaqueline Matisse primary photo Jaqueline Matisse Actress Actress See fewer 8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements (1955)
Darius Milhaud primary photo Darius Milhaud Actor Actor See fewer L'inhumaine (1924)
Eugene Pellegrini primary photo Eugene Pellegrini Actor Actor See fewer Rocky King, Detective (1950)
Man Ray primary photo Man Ray Actor Actor See fewer Home Movies (1938)
Yves Tanguy primary photo Yves Tanguy Actor Actor See fewer 8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements (1955)

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