Film

New Year's Eve

8.5197817mDrama

Director: Douglas Sirk
Year: 1978

A short film made by Sirk at the end of his life with one of his students. An adaptation of Schnitzler, with Hanna Schygulla: a night of New Year’s Eve, when the family meal is finished, Hanna is in a window while a young man entertains her and talks of the one he loves but can’t join at that time.

Top cast

Christian Berkel

The Young Man

Hanna Schygulla

Society Woman

Directed by

Douglas Sirk, Hajo Gies

Written by

Arthur Schnitzler, Douglas Sirk