Beyond Good and Evil (1977)
"Al di là del bene e del male" (original title)

Director:

Liliana Cavani

Writers:

Liliana Cavani (story), Liliana Cavani (screenplay),

Stars:

Dominique Sanda, Erland Josephson, Robert Powell

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dominique Sanda	...	Lou Andreas-Salomé
Erland Josephson	...	Friedrich Nietzsche
Robert Powell	...	Paul Rée
Virna Lisi	...	Elisabeth Nietzsche
Michael Degen	...	Karl Andreas
Elisa Cegani	...	Franziska Nietzsche
Umberto Orsini	...	Bernard Foester
Philippe Leroy	...	Peter Gast
Carmen Scarpitta	...	Malvida
Nicoletta Machiavelli	...	Amanda
Amedeo Amodio	...	Dottor Dulcamara, il diavolo
Renato Scarpa	...	Psichiatra
Clara Colosimo	...	Trude, the maid
Roberto Bruni	...	Professor Julius Longbehn
Mircha Carven	...	Wolfgang

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

female nudity | female stockinged feet | stockings | nietzsche | homosexual | 

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Genres:

Biography | Drama

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Details

Country:

Italy France West Germany

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

5 October 1977 (France)

Also Known As:

Beyond Good and Evil

Filming Locations:

Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Clesi Cinematografica, Lotar Film Productions, Les Productions Artistes Associés

Technical Specs

Runtime:

127 min 116 min (English)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)

User Reviews

Middle part of Cavani's German Trilogy

This is the second part of The German Trilogy directed by Liliana Cavani (the last one is "Berlin Affair"). In "Night Porter" she described connection between perversion and fascism. This time Cavani described life of Friedrich Nietzsche - great, German philosopher, who declared "Death of God" and wrote such famous books as "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" and "Beyond Good and Evil". Film focused on love, bisexsual triangle between Nietzsche (Bergman's actor Erland Josephson),his friend Paul Ree (Powell)and Lou Salome (Sanda). Like in "Night Porter" film is full of strong, violent sequences (homosexual rape, scatology etc.) but in the other hand it contains the main ideas of Nietzsche philosophy, clearly transformed into feministic discourse (woman as Superman beyond Good and Evil). Recommended for intellectuals with nerves of iron.