(Salome)

Content: 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.“

Countries:

Germany

Genres:

Drama

Runtime:

81 minutes

Year:

1971

Directors:

Werner Schroeter

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Production companies:

IFAGE Filmproduktion,

ZDF

Actors:

Salome

Herodes

Herodias

Jochanaan

Narraboth

Crews:

Screenplay

Director

Editor

Producer

Director of Photography