Parsifal (1982)

Movie
German title	Parsifal
Original title	Parsifal
Country of production	Germany France
Publishing year	1982
length	255 minutes
Rod
Director	Hans Jürgen Syberberg
script	Richard Wagner
production	Annie Nap-Oleon
music	Richard Wagner
cut	Jutta Brandstätter Marianne Fehrenberg
occupation
Amfortas - Armin Jordan (actor) - Wolfgang Schöne (voice) Gurnemanz - Robert Lloyd Titurel - Martin Sperr (actor) - Hans Tschammer (voice) Parsifal 1 - Michael Kutter - Reiner Goldberg (voice) Parsifal 2 - Karin Krick Young Parsifal - David Luther Kundry - Edith Clever (actress) - Yvonne Minton (voice) Klingsor - Aage Haugland First squire - Monika Gärtner Second squire - Thomas Fink Third squire - David Meyer Fourth squire - Judith Schmidt First Knight of the Grail - Rudolph Gabler Second knight of the grail - Urban von Klebelsberg Third Knight of the Grail - Bruno Romani-Versteeg Grail bearer - Amelie Syberberg

Parsifal is a West German-French film produced in 1982 by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg based on the musical drama of the same name ( "Bühnenweihfestspiel" ) by Richard Wagner . It was first shown out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival . The film started in Germany on June 17, 1982.

action

The action begins in front of the huge replica of a death mask. King Amfortas has the grail of Christ, able to give life. When the said king lost the Holy Lance to the renegade Klingsor, he was marked with a non-healing wound. Only an innocent man can help the king and must come to knowledge through compassion. This innocent is embodied by the young Parsifal, who now goes into the realm of Klingsor and his helper Kundry.

background

The soundtrack is a complete performance of the opera, conducted by Armin Jordan ; but the imagery used is a blend of medieval costumes, puppetry , Nazi - emblems and a huge death mask of Richard Wagner. For the equipment, Syberberg u. a. Elements from Hieronymus Bosch's triptychs, such as the Garden of Earthly Delights . Syberberg chose the Bayreuth Festspielhaus as the optical cipher for the Grail . By exchanging the actor, Parsifal becomes an androgynous being , thus preparing a union of man and woman at the end of the second act.

For the 2004 to 2007 at the Bayreuth Festival shown staging of Parsifal by Christoph Schlingensief Syberberg film was a major source of inspiration.

criticism

In the Internet Movie Database , the film achieved a rating of 7.5.

Web links

• Parsifal in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Genre, crew, cast, plot, etc. in the Internet Movie Database
2. ↑ ^{a b} Cinema release in Germany