Ensemble for Somnambulists (1951)
6m
Running Time
January 1, 1951Release Date
Ensemble for Somnambulists (1951)
6m
Running Time
January 1, 1951Release Date
Plot.
Ensemble for Somnambulists was a film Maya Deren made while teaching a workshop at the Toronto Film Society. It was never completed, and is officially "unpublished," but this title has been restored and it screens occasionally along with her other films. It is sort of a preliminary sketch for The Very Eye of Night. ~ David Lewis, Rovi
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Cast & Crew.
Hanna Winer
Ensemble Dancer 3
Terry Chapman
Ensemble Dancer 1
Frank Ionson
Ensemble Dancer 2
Brian MacDonald
Male Dancer
Maya Deren
Director
Details.
Wiki.
Ensemble for Somnambulists is a 1951 American unfinished experimental silent short. It was written, produced, and directed by Maya Deren. The film was made while Deren was teaching a workshop at the Toronto Film Society. Along with Deren the film was produced by M. Armour and D. Burritt and had cinematography by Graeme Ferguson and Bruce Parsons. The film stars Frank Ionson, Brian Macdonald, Hannah Winner, Cynthia Barrett and Terry Chapman.
The film was never completed and is officially unpublished, but it has been restored and occasionally screens along with Deren's other films. It is sort of a preliminary sketch for her next film The Very Eye of Night.