Film

Salome

1971 · 1h 21m · Drama · TV Movie

IMDb

7.1

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.“

Mascha Rabben

Salome

Magdalena Montezuma

Herodes

Ellen Umlauf

Herodias

Thomas von Keyserling

Jochanaan

René Schoenenberger

Narraboth

Joachim Paede

Page

• Werner SchroeterScreenplay · Director
• Oscar WildeWriter
• Christoph HolchProducer
• Robert van AckerenDirector of Photography
• Ila von HaspergEditor

Release date

June 11, 1971

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 21m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie