Release Date

11 Jun, 1971

Runtime

01:21: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.“

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Actors

Mascha Rabben

Magdalena Montezuma

Ellen Umlauf

Thomas von Keyserling

René Schoenenberger

Joachim Paede

Crew

Werner Schroeter

Werner Schroeter

Ila von Hasperg

Christoph Holch

Robert van Ackeren

Oscar Wilde