Charisma

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Short
Israel, 1976, 20 min

Directed by:

Amos Gitai

Based on:

Bertolt Brecht (short story)

Cinematography:

Amos Gitai

Composer:

Luciano Berio

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‘Each page a victory. At whose expense the victory ball? Every ten years a great man. Who paid the piper?’ An essay parable, part documentary part fiction, on the desire for a leader, anchored in Brecht’s 1935 poem "A Worker Reads History". (International Film Festival Rotterdam)