The Creation of Woman
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| Original title | The Creation of Woman |
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USA India |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1960 |
| length | 14 minutes |
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| Director | Charles F. Schwep |
| script | Charles F. Schwep |
| production | Charles F. Schwep |
| music | Frank Moore |
| camera | Wheaton Galentine |
| cut | Jan Wing Lum |
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The Creation of Woman is a 1960 American-Indian short film directed by Charles F. Schwep .
action
As a dance, the film shows the story of the creation of women as told in Indian mythology . According to this, Brahma created the light, the firmament and finally man. Because he was alone, Brahma also created a bond between man and God. In order to create the woman, he no longer had any fixed elements available and therefore formed her from the trembling of the grass and the blooming of the flowers, among other things. Like the man, the woman is connected to Brahma by a bond.
Man and woman get to know each other. She throws away a flower he gives her. After a week the man complains to Brahma about the woman who is too clingy and always talks. Brahma takes it back at his request and gives it back to him when he feels alone without it. When the man goes to Brahma again because the woman makes him desperate, Brahma cuts the bond between him and the people and instructs them to get along alone in the future, since the man obviously cannot live with or without the woman.
production
The film structures are by James IcEntyre , the choreography by Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury. The dancers Dinu and Anjali Devi were part of Chowdhury's New York dance group. The action without dialogue is accompanied by sitar , tabla and sarod playing . Saeed Jaffrey is the narrator of the film .
Awards
The Creation of Woman was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Short Film in 1961 . Also in 1961, the film was shown at the Cannes International Film Festival in the competition for a Palme d'Or for Best Short Film .
Web links
- The Creation of Woman in the Internet Movie Database (English)