Angel Alvarez, Antonio Cintado, Eduardo Fajardo, Hans Christian Blech, Laura Currie ...( see more  see more... ) , Lou Castel , Rafael Albaicin , Senta Berger , Tito Garcia

In 17th-century Salem, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A because she is an adulteress, with a child out of wedlock. For seven years, she has refused to name the father. A vigorous older stranger arr...( read more  read more... )ives, recognized by Hester but unknown to others as her missing husband. He poses as Chillingworth, a doctor, watching Hester and searching out the identity of her lover. His eye soon rests on Dimmesdale, a young overwrought pastor. Enmity grows between the two men; Chillingworth applies psychological pressure, and the pastor begins to crack. A ship stops in Salem, and Hester sees it as a providential refuge for her daughter, herself, and her lover. But will Dimmesdale flee with her?

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Unrated, 78 min.

Directed by: Wim Wenders

Release Date: March 13, 1973

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DVD Release Date: April 6, 2004

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  • December 26, 2008
    Wim Wenders' adaptation of the Nathaniel Hawthorne novel, transposed from Boston to 17th century Salem. Shunned by the Puritan community and forced to wear a red letter 'A' on her breast, as a badge of shame for committing adultery, Hester Prynne stubbornly refuses to name the fa...( read more)ther of her illegitimate daughter. Her husband, believed lost at sea on his journey to the New World, reappears, establishes himself as a doctor and pledges to discover the identity of his wife's lover, his own true identity concealed from all but Hester. Chief among his suspects is the local pastor, a sickly individual with a tortured soul... Surprisingly for Wenders, the weakest element of Der Scharlachrote Buchstabe is the score, which is one of the most obtrusive I've ever heard, swelling and gushing in all the wrong places, to intensely irritating effect. Always interesting and frequently good, the film never quite achieves greatness and is considerably less emotionally involving than it should be, despite excellent performances from the three principals (Senta Berger, Hans Christian Blech and Lou Castel). It is, however, always lovely to look at.

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