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Straub-Huillet’s first color film, adapts a lesser-known Corneille tragedy from 1664, which in turn was based on an episode of imperial court intrigue chronicled in Tacitus’s Histories. The costuming is classical, and the toga-clad, nonprofessional cast performs the drama’s original French text amid the ruins of Rome’s Palatine Hill while the noise of contemporary urban life hums in the background. Their lines are executed with a terrific flatness and frequently through heavy accents; the language in Othon becomes not merely an expression but a thing itself, an element whose plainness here alerts us to qualities of the work that might otherwise be subordinated.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1971-01-13
- video_camera_front Companies Janus Film und Fernsehen
- timer Runtime: 88 Mins
- star Rating: 5.5 / 10
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- info IMDB ID tt0064774
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Adriano Aprà
Othon
Anne Brumagne
Plautine
Ennio Lauricella
Galba
Olimpia Carlisi
Camille
Anthony Pensabene
Vinius
Jean-Marie Straub
Lucus
Jean-Claude Biette
Martianus
Marilù Parolini
Flavie
Eduardo de Gregorio
Atticus
Sergio Rossi
Rutile
groups Crew
Jean-Marie Straub
Director
Danièle Huillet
Director
Pierre Corneille
Theatre Play
Klaus Hellwig
Producer
Danièle Huillet
Screenplay
Jean-Marie Straub
Screenplay
Louis Hochet
Sound Recordist
Renato Berta
Director of Photography
Danièle Huillet
Editor
Jean-Marie Straub
Editor
Lucien Moreau
Sound Recordist
Ugo Piccone
Director of Photography
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