Salome

Synopsis

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.“

Main Cast

Mascha Rabben

Salome

Age : 75 | Popularity : 9%

Magdalena Montezuma

Herodes

Age : N/A | Popularity : 23%

Ellen Umlauf

Herodias

Age : N/A | Popularity : 31%

Thomas von Keyserling

Jochanaan

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

René Schoenenberger

Narraboth

Age : 78 | Popularity : 18%

Joachim Paede

Page

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Werner Schroeter
	Writer	Oscar Wilde
Directing	Director	Werner Schroeter
Editing	Editor	Ila von Hasperg
Production	Producer	Christoph Holch
Camera	Director of Photography	Robert van Ackeren
Department	Role	Name

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