Macbeth

Overview

Fusing Shakespeare‘s tragedy with the Verdi opera, Schroeter's Macbeth is a fascinating television experiment shot entirely in a studio with several electronic cameras. As Schroeter would recall, "I arranged the Verdi music for a quartet of violin, accordion, piano and oboe, but modeled the rhythms on Argentinian tangos and boleros. The actors sang with horrifying, shrill voices.... The use of video allowed me to produce extraordinary colors.... Of all my films, Macbeth was most unwelcome: Audiences don’t like their Shakespeare to be presented in this way, but I do not differentiate between kitsch and culture...". - MoMA

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 18, 1971

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany

Production

HR,Werner Schroeter Filmproduktion

Cast

Suzanne Sheed,Anette Tirier,Sigurd Salto,Magdalena Montezuma

Director

Werner Schroeter

Writer

Werner Schroeter,William Shakespeare

Cinematography

Horst Thürling

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0414252