List of longest movies in history
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This is a list of the some of the longest movies ever released.
| Title | Running Time | Country | Released |
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| The Cure for Insomnia (video) | 80 hours | USA | 1987 |
| The Longest Most Meaningless Movie in the World | 48 hours | UK | 1970 |
| The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple (Huo shao hong lian si) | 37 hours (or is it 27 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165127/trivia)?) | China | 1928–1931 (serial (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0165127/plotsummary)) |
| Berlin Alexanderplatz | 15.5 hours | Germany | 1931 |
| Shoah | 9.5 hours | USA | 1985 |
| War and Peace | 511 minutes (UK) | Soviet Union | 1968 |
| Empire (Andy Warhol) | 480 minutes | USA | 1964 |
| Satan's Tango (Béla Tarr) (Sátántangó) | 450 minites | Hungary | 1994 |
| 1900 (Novecento) | 318 minutes | Italy | 1976 |
| Fanny and Alexander (director's cut) (Fanny och Alexander) | 312 minutes | Sweden | 1983 |
Note: The original version of Erich von Stroheim's Greed (1925 movie) ran 'over 8 hours' in length, however it was only ever shown once at this length. The final (edited against von Stroheim's wishes) release length was approximately 2 hours.
External links
- BizarreMag: Source for material (http://www.bizarremag.com/ask/film.php)
- Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/)