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Salome (1971)
Salome
1971 4.3
Salome
Schroeter's virtuosic staging of the Oscar Wilde tragedy is a complex montage of image and sound, filmed on the grand steps of Baalbeck, the ancient Roman temple in Lebanon, and interweaving Lebanese and German folk songs with the music of Verdi, Wagner, Strauss, Mozart, Bellini, and Donizetti. Elfi Mikesch, the cinematographer of Schroeter’s later films, designed the film’s sumptuous costumes. A contemporary critic for Le Monde wrote admiringly of Schroeter’s depiction of "the deadly struggle between dark Christian morality and luminous paganism.“
- Director
- Werner Schroeter
- Released
- Jun 11, 1971
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Cast
Mascha Rabben
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Magdalena Montezuma
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Ellen Umlauf
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Thomas von Keyserling
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René Schoenenberger
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Joachim Paede
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