Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene

Original title: Einleitung zu Arnold Schoenbergs Begleitmusik zu einer Lichtspielscene

Directed by Jean-Marie Straub

This is a small, intense film based on Schoenberg’s opus of the same name with the subtitle “danger, fear, catastrophe”. It deals with emerging fascism and the persecution of Jews, as well as with their historical continuities.