Sebastiane
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Sebastiane |
| Original title | Sebastiane |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | Latin |
| Publishing year | 1976 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Derek Jarman , Paul Humfress |
| script | Derek Jarman , Paul Humfress |
| production | Howard Malin James Whaley |
| music |
Brian Eno Andrew Thomas Wilson |
| occupation | |
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Sebastiane from 1976 is the first film by British director Derek Jarman . It deals with the last few years in the life of Saint Sebastian , who died a martyr around 300 AD. The language of the film is a historically reconstructed Latin, whereby experts were even asked for erotic expressions in order to reproduce the most authentic Vulgar Latin possible. So far it is the only film produced in England with English subtitles.
action
Sebastian lives with a handful of other soldiers in a small border fort of the Roman Empire. Not much happens there. The soldiers are shown training, fighting, bathing and fighting, mostly almost naked. The colonel of the garrison falls in love with Sebastian, who, however, does not return his love and is tormented several times by him. In the end he is sentenced to death for his belief in Christianity and shot by the others with arrows.
Others
By exposing the latent homosexuality found in Hollywood Bible films , the film caused a scandal when it came out.
The Sebastiane Film Prize , which has been awarded to LGBT films at the San Sebastián International Film Festival since 2000 , is named after the work of Derek Jarman.
Web links
- Sebastiane in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jim's Film Review