Al di là del bene e del male (1977)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Liliana Cavani

Writers:

Liliana Cavani (story)
Liliana Cavani (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

5 October 1977 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Philosophy | Homosexual | Female Nudity

Awards:

1 win

Cast

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
Piero Morgia	...	Giovinastro osteria
Elvira Cortese	...	Altra domestica
Guido Cerniglia	...	Ospite salotto Malvida
Elisabeth Wiener	...	Gerta
Clara Algranti	...	Teresa
Francesca Muzio
Anita Höfer
Vinicio Dimanti		(as Vinicio Diamanti)
Robert José Pomper	...	Dancer
Heinz Kreuger
Jean Dudan
Ritza Brown
Hélène Beaucour
Julia Sebastian
Enzo Fabbri
Carlo Colombo
Patrizia Dordi
Dieter Stengel

Directed by
Liliana Cavani

Writing credits
Liliana Cavani		(story)
Liliana Cavani		(screenplay) and
Franco Arcalli		(screenplay) &
Italo Moscati		(screenplay)

Produced by
Silvio Clementelli	....	executive producer
Esa De Simone	....	associate producer
Robert Gordon Edwards	....	producer

Original Music by
Daniele Paris

Cinematography by
Armando Nannuzzi

Film Editing by
Franco Arcalli

Production Design by
Fiorenzo Cattaneo
Lorenzo Mongiardino

Set Decoration by
Osvaldo Desideri

Costume Design by
Piero Tosi

Makeup Department
Gilberto Provenghi	....	makeup artist
Aldo Signoretti	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Piero Amati	....	unit manager
Sergio Iacobis	....	production manager (as Sergio Jacobis)
Nicola Venditti	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Albino Cocco	....	assistant director
Paola Tallarigo	....	assistant director

Art Department
Nedo Azzini	....	set designer

Sound Department
Fausto Ancillai	....	sound mixer
Roberto Arcangeli	....	boom operator
Piero Fondi	....	boom operator
Vittorio Massi	....	sound engineer
Emilio Verona	....	sound engineer

Camera and Electrical Department
Marco Cristiani	....	assistant camera
Nino Cristiani	....	camera operator (as Michele Cristiani)
Giullio Diamanti	....	key grip
Daniele Nannuzzi	....	assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Thomas Casterline	....	assistant costume designer
Adriana Masseroni	....	seamstress (as Anda Masseroni)
Anna Orazi	....	seamstress
Alberto Verso	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Laura Caccianti	....	second assistant editor
Elvio Sordoni	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Arnaldo Graziosi	....	musician: piano
Daniele Paris	....	conductor

Other crew
Amedeo Amodio	....	choreographer
Marisa Calia	....	script supervisor
Alberto De Stefani	....	administrator
Giacomo Longo	....	production secretary
Roberta Revetria	....	assistant production secretary
Maria Ruhle	....	press agent
Enzo Sisti	....	production accountant
Paola Surdi	....	assistant production secretary

Production Companies

• Clesi Cinematografica
• Lotar Film Productions
• Les Productions Artistes Associés (as Les Artistes Associés)
• Artemis GmbH

Distributors

• Cinema Ten Corporation (1985) (Japan) (theatrical) (English version)
• International Showcase (1984) (USA) (theatrical) (English version)
• United Artists Films (1978) (Finland) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1977) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1978) (France) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Tirelli Costumi  costumes
• Fendi  furs

Also Known As:

Au-delà du bien et du mal (France)
Beyond Good and Evil (USA)
Jenseits von Gut und Böse (West Germany)
Seeds of Evil (Australia) (video title)

Runtime:

127 min | USA:116 min (English version)

Country:

Italy | France | West Germany

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-18 (cut) | Netherlands:16 (original rating) | West Germany:18 | Argentina:18 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Germany

Company:

Clesi Cinematografica

visual philosophy and more

This is Cavani's most influential film. No one interested in Nietzsche or Salomé can leave this film without notice! The interpretation of some of Nietzsche's main ideas are well articulated and visually made comprehensible so that they both win in depth and become even more enticing. Cavani uses Mozart's music in a way that makes your spine tinkle. Spiritism, Mozart and a life just petered out make together a scene that is overwhelming in meanings. Most of the philosophical points are given in visual argumentation; that makes the film a real treasure box for anyone interested in visual thinking and its art. In this film Cavani has also developed a cinematic language she nowhere else applies. She uses pictorial mementos known to most of us and plays a semiotic game that makes quite common scenes to grow ambiguous, even breathtaking. The film is really not to be recommended to anyone, since without basic knowledge in Nietzsche and Belle Epoque one can't enjoy the story. But for those who are even cursorily familiar with the scene the film will be a revelation.