Salome

Salome (1971)

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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
Writer: Werner Schroeter

Casts

	Mascha Rabben as Salome
	Magdalena Montezuma as Herodes
	Ellen Umlauf as Herodias
	Thomas von Keyserling as Jochanaan
	René Schoenenberger as Narraboth
	Joachim Paede as Page

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