Ludwig. Requiem for a Virgin King

Ludwig. Requiem für einen jungfräulichen König

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

Part one of a ‘German trilogy’ continued by Karl May (1974) and Hitler, ein Film aus Deutschland (1977). “The ‘requiem’ refers to a closed aesthetic system, close to music and musical forms, and to my idea of film as music of the future. The goal was to break with the common perception of cinema. Here, I put forward an alternative, working on a speech close to the monologue, using strict forms, fixed shots, motionless frames, opera sceneries in the background, a clarity, an irony, an alienation, an epic pathos, underlined by the music of Wagner.” (Syberberg)

Sessions

One Screening Only
21 Oct / 21:45 / 134’
Culturgest - Pequeno Auditório
Retrospective Back to the Future

Ludwig. Requiem for a Virgin King

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg