Moses und Aron (film)
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| Moses und Aron | |
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| Directed by | Jean-Marie Straub Danièle Huillet |
| Produced by | Danièle Huillet Jean-Marie Straub |
| Written by | Arnold Schoenberg(libretto) |
| Starring | Günter Reich Louis Devos |
| Music by | Arnold Schoenberg |
| Cinematography | Renato Berta Giovanni Canfarelli Modica Saverio Diamante Ugo Piccone |
| Editing by | Danièle Huillet Jean-Marie Straub |
| Release date(s) | 1975 (United States release) |
| Running time | 107 min. |
| Language | German |
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Moses und Aron, known in English as Moses and Aaron, is a 1973 film by the French filmmaking duo of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet based on the unfinished opera of the same title by Arnold Schoenberg. During its 1975 run at US festivals, it was also known as Aaron and Moses, and was frequently reviewed as such.
It is one of three films based on Schoenberg works Straub and Huillet directed, the other two being a short film made directly before Moses und Aron, and, over two decades later, an adaptation of the one-act comic opera From Today to Tomorrow. The film retains the unfinished nature of the original opera, with the third act consisting of a single shot (with no music) as Moses delivers a monologue based on Schoenberg's notes.
The film was shot on location in Italy and Egypt. It utilized the same team of cinematographers as Straub and Huillet's Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach.
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