Salome

Story

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.“

Director

Werner Schroeter

Writers

Werner Schroeter, Oscar Wilde

Language

German

Country

Germany

Release date

11 June 1971

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Mascha Rabben

  Salome

• 

  Magdalena Montezuma

  Herodes

• Ellen Umlauf

  Herodias

• Thomas von Keyserling

  Jochanaan

• 

  René Schoenenberger

  Narraboth

• Joachim Paede

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