Parsifal (1982 film)

Parsifal

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Directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Produced by Annie Nap-Oleon
Written by Richard Wagner
Starring Armin Jordan
Cinematography Igor Luther
Edited by Jutta Brandstaedter
Marianne Fehrenberg
Release dates
  • May 1982
Running time
 255 minutes
Country West Germany
France[1]
Language German

Parsifal is a 1982 West German-French musical film directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, based on the opera of the same name by Richard Wagner. It was shown out of competition at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

The soundtrack is a complete performance of the opera; however the imagery used is a melange including medieval costume, puppetry, Nazi relics and a giant death mask of Richard Wagner. The Grail itself is represented by Wagner's Bayreuth Theatre and Parsifal's key transformation is portrayed with a change of actor to an androgynous but deliberately female suggesting form in order to achieve a union of male and female at the conclusion of Act II.

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References

  1. ↑ "Parsifal". filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Parsifal". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-06-13.

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