The Bacchantes

Movie
German title	The Bacchantes
Original title	Le Baccanti
Country of production	Italy , France
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1961
length	100 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Giorgio Ferroni
script	Giorgio Stegani Giorgio Ferroni
production	Vic, Lyre
music	Mario Nascimbene
camera	Pier Ludovico Pavoni
occupation
Taina Elg : Dirce Pierre Brice : Dionysus Alessandra Panaro : Manto Alberto Lupo : King Pentheus Akim Tamiroff : Teiresias Raf Mattioli : Lacdamos Erno Crisa : Atteon Miranda Campa : Queen Agaria Gérard Landry : Shepherd Nerio Bernardi : high priest Enzo Fiermonte : Polikrates Nino Marchetti : Thebans
synchronization

The Bacchantes (original title: Le baccanti ) is a mythological antique film from 1961 , which was made in an Italian - French co-production. The title refers to the tragedy The Bacchae by the Greek poet Euripides . The work is also known as Dionysus and the Bacchantes .

content

Thebes is ravaged by a terrible drought, as the inhabitants no longer pay homage to Dionysus. The seer Teiresias ascribes this to the anger of Dionysus, to whom King Pentheus refuses to pay his due tribute. The rulers decide to use a politically unpleasant young lady, Manto, as a human sacrifice for reconciliation. Her lover is Lacdamos, who ekes out his existence as a slave, but in fact - unknown to him - is the rightful king, because Pentheos is a usurper . To save his beloved, Lacdamos asks Dirce, the tyrant's fiancée, for help. Her request for mercy is answered by Dionysus: he himself comes to Thebes in human form, charms the ladies, uses his divine powers and spins the threads in such a way that the people rebel against the rulers. Pentheos' troops have no chance against the Bacchantes. Dionysus is reinstalled as a person of worship, and so it rains again. He returns to Olympus; Lacdamos and Manto will rule in Thebes.

criticism

"To call the whole thing solid kitsch would be inadmissible flattery."

- Film service .

"Italian" historical film "whose follies do not become more original by referring to Euripides."

- Lexicon of international film

synchronization

• Pierre Brice: Rainer Brandt
• Akim Tamiroff: Eduard Wandrey
• Gérard Landry: Otto Czarski

publication

The Bacchantes had its Italian premiere on March 2, 1961 . The West German premiere took place on September 27, 1963. In the GDR , the film was shown for the first time on March 14, 1984 on DFF 2 on GDR television.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} The Bacchantes in the Lexicon of International Films
2. ^ Entry in the Archivio del cinema italiano

Web links

• The Bacchae in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The Bacchantes in the online film database