History Lessons

  • West Germany Geschichtsunterricht
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West Germany, 1973, 88 min

Based on:

Bertolt Brecht (book)

Cinematography:

Renato Berta

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Based on an unfinished novel by Bertolt BrechtThe Business Affairs of Mr. Julius Caesar, it opens, magnificently, in a long take showing a young man, wearing modern clothes, driving his Alfa Romeo sports car through modern Rome. We then see him interviewing four ancient Romans, in antique costumes – a banker, a peasant, a jurist and a writer. The subject is the career of Julius Caesar, and the analogies in the histories of both contemporary and ancient Rome. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)

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09/25/2007