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I Owe the World a Dead Person (1994)
Directed by Alexander Kluge
· 24m
In order to justify interpreting the Oresteia as a representation of the "birth of democracy" (P. Stein), one has to repress a lot, for example the sacrifice of Iphigenia or Elektra's feminist rebellion. The Oresteia represents an "Egyptian" material, situated between Europe and Asia, incomprehensible to both. That makes it interesting for a possible, currently necessary rapprochement between the two parts of the world. One would need, Müller says, to undertake a completely new translation, because in the existing ones the irrational elements have already been smoothed over.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Alexander Kluge
Details
- Original title
- Ich schulde der Welt einen Toten
- Release date
- 1994-08-15
- Runtime
- 24m
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German