Salome - 1971

Salome 1971 Directed by Werner Schroeter

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.“

Country Germany

Production Country Germany

Language German

Spoken Languages Arabic , German

Gnere Drama

Production Companies ZDF , IFAGE Filmproduktion

Release Date 11 June 1971

81 mins