Exekution: A Study of Mary

Exekution: A Study of Mary (1979)

HistoryDrama

This film is in effect a slideshow of exquisite single photographic images in sparkling black and white, representing Mikesch’s own version of Mary Stuart. “The drama of a woman who attempted a kind of liberal emancipation in a time of upheaval, but got caught in the snares of men,” in her words. Confronted with layers and layers of conflicting information about “how it really was” Mikesch decided not to try to be a historian, but to radicalise the narrative and condense it into striking images of passion, power, love, pain and death.

Director: Elfi Mikesch
Writer: Elfi Mikesch

Casts

	Heinz Emigholz as Narrator (voice)
	Berryt Bohlen as
	Polo Espinoza as
	Vroni Hinkelbein as
	La Milli as
	Magdalena Montezuma as
	Raphael as
	Frank Ripploh as
	Frank Soletti as
	Lindsay Turner as
	Ellen Umlauf as Narrator (voice)

Crew