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.“
Salome
June 11, 1971
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Cast (6)
Mascha Rabben
Salome
Magdalena Montezuma
Herodes
Ellen Umlauf
Herodias
Thomas von Keyserling
Jochanaan
René Schoenenberger
Narraboth
Joachim Paede
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Crew (6)
Directing
Werner Schroeter
Director
Writing
Oscar Wilde
Writer
Werner Schroeter
Screenplay
Production
Christoph Holch
Producer
Sound
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Robert van Ackeren
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
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Ila von Hasperg
Editor