History Lessons

IMDb link: 0068634
IMDb rating: 6.6 (340 votes)
Genres: Drama, History
Director: Daniele Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Cast: Gottfried Bold, Johann Unterpertinger, Henri Ludwigg, Carl Vaillant and others

Release date: 30 Sep 1973
Release year: 1972
Runtime: 85 minutes
Country: West Germany, Italy
Keywords: f rated, new german cinema, brechtian, title directed by female, based on novel

Plot:

A shot from a car coursing through Rome in 1972 opens this interpretation of Brecht's unfinished experimental novel The Business Affairs of Mr. Julius Caesar. In a second part set in contemporary Rome, a young researcher discusses the economic and political manipulation that drove Caesar to power.

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