Released:
1971-06-11

Overview:
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.“

Director:
Werner Schroeter

Runtime:
1h 21min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Mascha Rabben
  as
  Salome
• 
  Magdalena Montezuma
  as
  Herodes
• 
  Ellen Umlauf
  as
  Herodias
• 
  Thomas von Keyserling
  as
  Jochanaan
• 
  René Schoenenberger
  as
  Narraboth