Director
Oeke Hoogendijk
Run Time
120 mins
Release Year
2021
Country of Origin
Netherlands
Language
English, German, Dutch
Director of Photography: Gregor Meerman, Sander Snoep
Editor: Sander Vos
Produced by: Iris Lammertsma
Sound Production: Michel Schöpping
Licht - Stockhausen's Legacy
Part of the The Chamber Strand
A wildly ambitious spectacle involving choirs, dancers, synthesizer-augmented orchestras and a string quartet playing from four separate helicopters, the 29-hour opera cycle Licht was the late Karlheinz Stockhausen’s magnum opus. This colourful documentary follows the turbulent production of the Dutch National Opera’s 2019 interpretation, which spanned nine days and required 500 performers. Illuminating for fans and newcomers alike, the film also delves into the electronic music pioneer’s polyamorous lifestyle, with frank recollections from his former partners and neglected children. [15]