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Salome

1971 · 81 min

A hypnotic, theatrical collision of opera and ritual, demanding but visually intoxicating.

Directed by
Werner Schroeter
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Mascha Rabben, Magdalena Montezuma, Ellen Umlauf
Overview
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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Directed by
Werner Schroeter
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Mascha Rabben, Magdalena Montezuma, Ellen Umlauf
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • power
  • morality
  • death
  • faith
Places
  • fantasy world
Era
timeless
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism4
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
Werner Schroeter
Written by
Werner Schroeter, Oscar Wilde
Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
81 min
Country
Germany
Languages
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