Macbeth

Synopsis

Fusing Shakespeare‘s tragedy with the Verdi opera, Schroeter's Macbeth is a fascinating television experiment shot entirely in a studio with several electronic cameras. As Schroeter would recall, "I arranged the Verdi music for a quartet of violin, accordion, piano and oboe, but modeled the rhythms on Argentinian tangos and boleros. The actors sang with horrifying, shrill voices.... The use of video allowed me to produce extraordinary colors.... Of all my films, Macbeth was most unwelcome: Audiences don’t like their Shakespeare to be presented in this way, but I do not differentiate between kitsch and culture...". - MoMA

Main Cast

Anette Tirier

Lady Macbeth

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Magdalena Montezuma

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Sigurd Salto

Duncan

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Suzanne Sheed

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Theatre Play	William Shakespeare
	Writer	Werner Schroeter
Directing	Director	Werner Schroeter
Camera	Director of Photography	Horst Thürling
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