Quartett in c-moll Nr. 56 – (GE)

Set in the decaying architecture of a former Soviet sanatorium in Tskaltubo, Quartett c-moll Nr. 56 follows a solitary figure as he moves silently through a vast, derelict building—once designed for collective healing and state-orchestrated rest. The camera observes without intervention. Natural light filters through dust-laced windows; long corridors, dining halls, and a theatre room unfold as spatial thresholds rather than narrative scenes.

Accompanied only by a stray dog and the quiet choreography of his own movement, the protagonist traverses emptied institutional spaces now suspended between purpose and abandonment. The film culminates in a sealed room where hundreds of locusts erupt into sound. A slow gaze shifts from the interior toward the overgrown garden outside, framed by rotting windowpanes. A string quartet lingers faintly in the background—a memory, or a counterpoint.

film still – quartett c-moll nr.56, 2022

film still – quartett c-moll nr.56, 2022

film still – quartett c-moll nr.56, 2022

chapter – 1/3

(ch.01) – he walked the hallway twice, counting the tiles that were missing.
(ch.02) – he looked into the cupboard, only to forget what he wanted.
(ch.03) – they said the lights would return with the insects.

(video)

(credits)

Assistant
Moritz Matha

Set Coordinator, Translator, Co. Assistent
Nana Chkhaidze

Actor
Zurab Chanturia

Sound Mastering
Lionel Leroy

Technical Support
Fabian Zöggeler, Leonard Pohl

Production Partner
ONG36