Titus (film)
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| German title | Titus |
| Original title | Titus |
| Country of production | USA Italy |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1999 |
| length | 156 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Julie Taymor |
| script | Julie Taymor |
| production | Paul G. Allen |
| music | Elliot Goldenthal |
| camera | Luciano Tovoli |
| cut | Françoise Bonnot |
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Titus is a literary film adaptation from 1999. The director Julie Taymor filmed the tragedy Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare with Titus .
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The Roman general Titus Andronicus returns to Rome after a successful campaign against the Goths . He brings the Gothic Queen Tamora and her three sons with him as prisoners. According to Roman custom, Andronicus has the firstborn of Tamora sacrificed for his murdered sons.
At the same time a dispute rages over the imperial throne, which the brothers Saturninus and Bassianus each claim for themselves. Instead of them, however, the war hero Titus is appointed emperor by the Senate. However, he refuses and makes Saturninus emperor, since he is the firstborn of the late emperor. Saturninus asks Andronicus to give him his daughter Lavinia as his wife, but she is already engaged to Bassianus, which prevents him from marrying Saturninus.
Saturninus then takes the captive Gotin Tamora as his wife. She sees the opportunity to take revenge on Titus Andronicus for the murder of her son. She has Bassianus murdered by her two remaining sons Chiron and Demitrius and blames the act of Titus' two sons, who are executed for it. Chiron and Demitrius then rape and mutilate Lavinia. When Titus finds out who is behind the crime, he kills the sons of Tamora and presents their remains in the form of a pie during an alleged reconciliation dinner.
Since he cannot bear the shame of his raped and mutilated daughter, he breaks her neck and stabs Tamora in revenge. Thereupon Titus is stabbed by her husband and emperor Saturninus, who in turn succumbs to the revenge of Titus' remaining son Lucius. Lucius is eventually crowned emperor.
Reviews
The Lexicon of International Films certified: "An extremely drastic film with splatter effects that brings an off-Broadway production with impressive acting performances to the screen."
Awards
- Costume designer Milena Canonero was nominated for an Oscar .
- Harry J. Lennix won a Golden Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama.
- Leading actor Anthony Hopkins was nominated for the London Critics Circle Film Awards for Best British Actor .
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- ↑ Titus. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
Web links
- Titus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Titus at Rotten Tomatoes (English)