Othon

Synopsis

Straub-Huillet’s first color film, adapts a lesser-known Corneille tragedy from 1664, which in turn was based on an episode of imperial court intrigue chronicled in Tacitus’s Histories. The costuming is classical, and the toga-clad, nonprofessional cast performs the drama’s original French text amid the ruins of Rome’s Palatine Hill while the noise of contemporary urban life hums in the background. Their lines are executed with a terrific flatness and frequently through heavy accents; the language in Othon becomes not merely an expression but a thing itself, an element whose plainness here alerts us to qualities of the work that might otherwise be subordinated.

Main Cast

Adriano Aprà

Othon

Age : 83 | Popularity : 3%

Anne Brumagne

Plautine

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Ennio Lauricella

Galba

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Olimpia Carlisi

Camille

Age : 77 | Popularity : 5%

Anthony Pensabene

Vinius

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Jean-Marie Straub

Lucus

Age : 91 | Popularity : 6%

Jean-Claude Biette

Martianus

Age : 60 | Popularity : 4%

Marilù Parolini

Flavie

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Renato Berta Ugo Piccone
Writing	Screenplay	Jean-Marie Straub Danièle Huillet
	Theatre Play	Pierre Corneille
Directing	Director	Jean-Marie Straub Danièle Huillet
Editing	Editor	Jean-Marie Straub Danièle Huillet
Sound	Sound Recordist	Louis Hochet Lucien Moreau
Production	Producer	Klaus Hellwig
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