Metamorphosis of a Melody
Brief Synopsis
Set outdoors at night, this video is a cinematic interpretation of Gitai's live performance work--a piece based on Flavius Josephus' "The Jewish War"--in which actors move across the dramatically lit ruins playing out the tragedy of the Jewish resistance against the Romans.
Cast & Crew
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Amos Gitai
Director
Samuel Fuller
Hanna Schygulla
Jerome Koenig
Masha Itkina
Flavius Josephus
Source Material (From Novel)
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Release Date
1993
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 25m
Synopsis
Set outdoors at night, this video is a cinematic interpretation of Gitai's live performance work--a piece based on Flavius Josephus' "The Jewish War"--in which actors move across the dramatically lit ruins playing out the tragedy of the Jewish resistance against the Romans.
Director
Amos Gitai
Director
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Release Date
1993
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 25m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Shown in New York City (Walter Reade) as part of program "Tradition and Renewal: Jews in the New Europe" January 12-20, 1994.
video
subtitled English
"Metamorphosis of a Melody" was performed live in 1992 in Sicily and at the 1993 Venice Biennale.
