Communists (2014)
Jean-Marie Straub pushes this musicality of blocks to a paroxysmal extreme, mixing blocks of time (40 years separate the various extracts that are going to be used, and what is to be filmed), blocks of text (Malraux, Fortini, Vittorini, Hölderlin) and blocks of language (French, Italian, German), and from this ruckus emerges the history of the world, yes, History with a capital H, and from the same movement, the political hope of its being overtaken. So this is an adventure film, about the Human adventure, still one that is always, in the end, overtaken by Nature.
Director: Jean-Marie Straub
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 70 min
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Cast
- Aldo Fruttuosi - Ventura 'Faccia Cattiva'
- Rosalba Curatola - Siracusa
- Franco Fortini - Himself
- Andreas von Rauch - Empedokles
- Vladimir Baratta - Pausanias
- Danièle Huillet - La femme
- Jean-Marie Straub
- Barbara Ulrich
- Gilles Pandel
- Arnaud Dommerc
Screenplay
- Jean-Marie Straub (Screenplay)
- Friedrich Hölderlin (Theatre Play)
- Elio Vittorini (Novel)
- Franco Fortini (Novel)
- André Malraux (Novel)
Music: Hanns Eisler
Cinematography: Christophe Clavert
Editing: Christophe Clavert
Production: Andolfi, Belva GmbH, CNC
Country: France, Switzerland
Language: Français, Deutsch, Italiano
Original Language: de
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Communists about?
- Jean-Marie Straub pushes this musicality of blocks to a paroxysmal extreme, mixing blocks of time (40 years separate the various extracts that are going to be used, and what is to be filmed), blocks of text (Malraux, Fortini, Vittorini, Hölderlin) and blocks of language (French, Italian, German), and from this ruckus emerges the history of the world, yes, History with a capital H, and from the same movement, the political hope of its being overtaken. So this is an adventure film, about the Human adventure, still one that is always, in the end, overtaken by Nature.
- Who directed Communists?
- Communists was directed by Jean-Marie Straub.
- Who stars in Communists?
- Communists stars Aldo Fruttuosi, Rosalba Curatola, Franco Fortini, Andreas von Rauch, Vladimir Baratta, Danièle Huillet.
- How long is Communists?
- Communists has a runtime of 1h 10m (70 minutes).
- What genre is Communists?
- Communists is a Drama film.
- Where was Communists produced?
- Communists was produced in France, Switzerland.