Corneille-Brecht [a film by Jean-Marie Straub]

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Geiser, Cornelia, actor.

Straub, Jean-Marie, filmmaker.

Grasshopper Film (Firm), publisher, film distributor.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Authoritarianism--Drama.

Authoritarianism.

Genre:

Experimental films

Fiction films

Short films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (26 min., 45 sec.)) sound, color

Place of Publication:

[New York, New York] Grasshopper Film [2009]

Language Note:

In French, with English subtitles

System Details:

sound

digital

video file

Summary:

In various guises and in melodic fashion, Cornelia Geiser recites verses from Pierre Corneille's Horace and Othon, and extended excerpts from Bertolt Brecht's 1939 radio play The Trial of Lucullus, in which the Roman General is summoned to the underworld to stand trial for the sufferings he inflicted on commoners and slaves. Across centuries of Western civilization, Straub draws echoes between the "monstrous" rulers of ancient Rome, the kings of 17th-century France, the fascists of Europe in the 1930s and 1940s, and, by implication, those in power today who continue to inflict suffering on those without power

Participant:

Cornelia Geiser

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title and statement of responsibility from title screen and end credits (viewed 2024 August 30)

Contains:

Container of : Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Works. Selections French. Verhör des Lukullus

Container of: Corneille, Pierre, 1606-1684. Horace. Selections

Container of: Corneille, Pierre, 1606-1684. Othon. Selections

OCLC:

1455085128

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license