Salome

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.“

Country:

Germany

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

81 minutes

Year:

1971

Director:

Werner Schroeter

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Company:

IFAGE Filmproduktion,

ZDF

Cast:

Salome

Herodes

Herodias

Jochanaan

Narraboth

Crew:

Screenplay

Director

Editor

Producer

Director of Photography