Film · 1994 · 24m

I Owe the World a Dead Person

Ich schulde der Welt einen Toten

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Synopsis

In order to justify interpreting the Oresteia as a representation of the "birth of democracy" (P. Stein), one has to repress a lot, for example the sacrifice of Iphigenia or Elektra's feminist rebellion. The Oresteia represents an "Egyptian" material, situated between Europe and Asia, incomprehensible to both. That makes it interesting for a possible, currently necessary rapprochement between the two parts of the world. One would need, Müller says, to undertake a completely new translation, because in the existing ones the irrational elements have already been smoothed over.

Details

Director
Alexander Kluge
Release
August 15, 1994
Status
Released
Runtime
24m

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