A Dream Longer Than the Night (1976)
1976 · 1h 22m · Fantasy
Genres: Fantasy
In this heady, phantasmagoric fairy tale, a young girl comes face to face with a friendly dragon and a magnanimous witch. Upon the witch granting the girl’s wish to become a young woman, this surrealist chronicle follows the precocious Camélia on a series of quests in pursuit of love.
Director: Niki de Saint Phalle
Writers: Niki de Saint Phalle
Music by: Peter Whitehead
Cinematography: Bernard Zitzermann
Editor: Dominique Cazeneuve, Nicole Garnier
Cast
Laura Duke Condominas as CaméliaLaurence Bourqui as Camélia (jeune fille)Laurent Condomidas as L'homme noirNiki de Saint Phalle as La Madame / La mèreJean Tinguely as Le General Rose / Le pèreMarina Karella as La sorcièreRico Weber as Le dragon / L'armée roseHumbert Balsan as L'homme oiseauBernhard Luginbühl as Le general noirHenri Holstein as Le roiDaniel Spoerri as Le juifSamuel Mulholland as Le cardinalMore like this
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