Ghosts Before Breakfast

{{short description|1928 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Ghosts Before Breakfast

| image = Ghost before breakfast still.png

| image_upright =

| caption = Screenshot From a film

| director = Hans Richter

| producer = Hans Richter

| writer = {{ubl|Werner Graeff|Hans Richter}}

| starring = Werner Graeff

| cinematography = Reimar Kuntze

| editing =

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|1928|7|14|df=yes}}

| runtime = 6 minutes

| country = Weimar Republic

| language = Silent

}}

File:Ghosts Before Breakfast (1928).webm

Ghosts Before Breakfast ({{langx|de|Vormittagsspuk}}) is a 1928 German dadaist animated short film directed by Hans Richter.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/19686/Ghosts-Before-Breakfast/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520075215/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/19686/Ghosts-Before-Breakfast/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 May 2011 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Matthew Tobey |date=2011 |title=New York Times: Ghosts Before Breakfast |access-date=24 July 2008}}{{cite book|last=Wilke|first=Tobias|title=Medien der Unmittelbarkeit|year=2010|publisher=Wilhelm Fink|location=Munich|isbn=978-3-7705-4923-8|pages=62|language=German}} It utilizes stop motion for some of its effects and live action for others. The film does not present a coherent narrative, and includes a number of seemingly arbitrary images.

The original accompanying score composed by Paul Hindemith for a player piano is regarded as lost.{{Cite Grove|title=Hindemith, Paul|first1 =Giselher|last1 =Schubert}} New audio tracks have been created by artists such as The Real Tuesday Weld. British composer Ian Gardiner, who has written many scores for cinema and television, created a score for the film in 2006 (premiered by the Liverpool group Ensemble 10/10, directed by Clark Rundell). The UK ensemble Counterpoise (violin, trumpet, saxophone, piano) premiered American composer Jean Hasse's score in 2008, touring the UK - it can be seen on YouTube.