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13/01/1971 Drama 1h 28m
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Overview

Straub-Huillet’s first color film, adapts a lesser-known Corneille tragedy from 1664, which in turn was based on an episode of imperial court intrigue chronicled in Tacitus’s Histories. The costuming is classical, and the toga-clad, nonprofessional cast performs the drama’s original French text amid the ruins of Rome’s Palatine Hill while the noise of contemporary urban life hums in the background. Their lines are executed with a terrific flatness and frequently through heavy accents; the language in Othon becomes not merely an expression but a thing itself, an element whose plainness here alerts us to qualities of the work that might otherwise be subordinated.

  1. Danièle Huillet

    Director

  2. Jean-Marie Straub

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Adriano Aprà

    Othon

  2. Anne Brumagne

    Plautine

  3. Ennio Lauricella

    Galba

  4. Olimpia Carlisi

    Camille

  5. Anthony Pensabene

    Vinius

  6. Jean-Marie Straub

    Lucus

  7. Jean-Claude Biette

    Martianus

  8. Marilù Parolini

    Flavie

  9. Eduardo de Gregorio

    Atticus

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Full Cast & Crew

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Status
Released

Original Language
French

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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