Al di là del bene e del male (Beyond Good and Evil) (1977)
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A misguided attempt to dramatize the psychological triad formed by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (Erland Josephson), his Jewish friend Paul Rees (Robert Powell), and a Russian girl named Lou Von Salome (Dominique Sanda), this overbearing drama fails mightily. Nietzsche is portrayed as a… More A misguided attempt to dramatize the psychological triad formed by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (Erland Josephson), his Jewish friend Paul Rees (Robert Powell), and a Russian girl named Lou Von Salome (Dominique Sanda), this overbearing drama fails mightily. Nietzsche is portrayed as a jealous sociopath who drives Rees to suicide, and director Liliana Cavani cannot resist including a drug-hallucination ballet about Good and Evil which approaches the excesses of her controversial Il Portiere di Notte in its melodramatic sexual hysteria. Cavani's film is feverish where it should have been calculating and lurid where it should have been provocative. The result may be the first exploitation film aimed at philosophy students, and even deft supporting turns by Virna Lisi and Philippe Leroy cannot make the dialogue -- drawn hamfistedly from Nietzsche's own writings -- any less ridiculous. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- Directed By
- Liliana Cavani
- Written By
- Liliana Cavani
- Genres
- Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 5, 1977 Wide
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Cast
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Dominique Sanda
as Lou Andreas-Salome
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Erland Josephson
as Friedrich Nietzsche
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Robert Powell
as Paul Ree
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Virna Lisi
as Elisabeth Nietzsche
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Philippe Leroy
as Peter Gast
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Elisa Cegani
as Franziska Nietzsche
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Michael Degen
as Karl Andreas
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Umberto Orsini
as Bernard Forster
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Nicoletta Machiavelli
as Amando
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Carmen Scarpitta
as Malvida
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Amedeo Amodio
as Dr. Dulcamara
