Eika Katappa & Der Tod der Maria Malibran (Schroeter) (2DVD)

Werner Schroeter's unique melodramas about love and death are fascinating amalgamations of opera, theater and cinema elements. Art and kitsch, high and low brow, Maria Callas and Caterina Valente, myths and genre elements.

The 2-disc DVD set presents the first two feature-length films by Schroeter in beautifully restored versions.
Additionally it offers a new reconstruction of Schroeter's legendary two-screen projection Argila and excerpts of a talk with Werner Schroeter, lead by Dietrich Kuhlbrodt during the Werner Schroeter Tribute at the Viennale 2008.








DVD 1
Eika Katappa, 143'
Written and directed by: Werner Schroeter
Photographed by: Robert van Ackeren, Werner Schroeter
Cast: Carla Aulaula, Magdalena Montezuma, Gisela Trowe, Rosy-Rosy, René Schönberg, Sigurd Salto, Rosa von Praunheim
Produced by: Werner Schroeter Filmproduktion, München, West Germany 1969

Booklet with essays about Werner Schroeter

DVD 2
Der Tod der Maria Malibran, 104'
Written, photographed and directed by: Werner Schroeter
Cast: Magdalena Montezuma, Christine Kaufmann, Candy Darling, Manuela Riva, Ingrid Caven, Annette Tirier, Einar Hanfstaengl
Produced by: Werner Schroeter Filmproduktion, München / ZDF, West Germany 1971
Argila, 36'
Written, photographed and directed by: Werner Schroete
Cast: Carla Aulaula, Magdalena Montezuma, Gisela Trowe, Sigurd Salto
Produced by: Werner Schroeter Filmproduktion, München, West Germany 1969
Dietrich Kuhlbrodt im Gespräch mit Werner Schroeter 2010, 24'
Edited by: Filmmuseum München and Goethe-Institut München

4:3 (PAL) / 1.37:1 / Dolby Digital 2.0 (mono)
language: German / subtitles: Italian, French, English