Parsifal
FR/GER 1982, 244 min
Syberberg’s film adaptation of Richard Wagner’s “Parsifal”.
Synopsis
Syberberg’s celebrated version of PARSIFAL was made on the one hundredth anniversary of the opera's first performance at Bayreuth in 1882 and is staged around the looming presence of a huge replica of Wagner’s death mask. Armin Jordan’s acclaimed interpretation of Wagner’s incomparable music unfolds against a startlingly effective and constantly changing backdrop of images and tableaux vivants, while Syberberg’s camera concentrates on the expressive faces of his actors, revealing staggering performances, especially from Edith Clever as Kundry, who many agree has given the definitive interpretation, hair-raising in its intensity. As his earlier films LUDWIG – REQUIEM FOR A VIRGIN KING and OUR HITLER, A FILM FROM GERMANY Syberberg shot his PARSIFAL completely in studio.
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Language: German, Subtitles: English
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Undoubtedly the most stunning film of an opera ever made. (Newsweek)
Unique...original and of great strength...never dull, always daring. (Sunday Times)
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Credits
Director and Screenplay
Hans Jürgen Syberberg
With
Armin Jordan (Amfortas – sung by Wolfgang Schöne), Martin Sperr (Titurel – sung by Hans Tschammer), Robert Lloyd (Gurnemanz – sung by Robert Lloyd), Michael Kutter (Parsifal 1), Karin Krick (Parsifal 2 – sung by Rainer Goldberg), Aage Haugland (Klingsor – sung by Aage Haugland), Edith Clever (Kundry – sung by Yvonne Minton)
Collaboration
Bernard Sobel
Director of Photography
Igor Luther
Assistant Camera
Marian Sloboda, Peter Kalisch
Still Photographer
Natalie Mayer, Hans Peter Litscher
Editor
Jutta Brandstaedter
Assistant Editor
Marianne Fehrenberg
Music
Richard Wagner
Musical Conduction
Armin Jordan
Production Design
Werner Achmann
Painter
Johann Ploner
Plastics
Rudolf Vincent Rotter
Models
Flo Nordhoff
Puppets
Atelier Stumm & Buchwald
Props
Peter Dürst, Rüdiger Wagner
Make-up Artist
Edwin Erfmann, Brigitte Raupach, Josianne Deschamps
Costume Design
Veronika Dorn, Hella Wolter, Moidele Bickel
Sound
Norbert Lill
Sound Assistant
Peter Rappel
Set Manager
Lothar Schilling, Ike Werk
Production Manager
Harry Nap. Annie Nap-Oléon
Producer
Hans Jürgen Syberberg
Produced by
TMS Film, BR, Gaumont International
Founded by
Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Bayerische Filmförderung
DVD-Details
Language
German
Subtitles
English
System
PAL / Color
Country Code
Code-free
Length
244 min
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound Format
Stereo
Content
Softbox (Set Content: 2)
Release Date
28.09.2012
Rating
Info-Programm gemäß §14 JuSchG
