SWITZERLAND, HD, 4:3, COLOR/B&W, 22’39 »
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– À propos de Venise (Geschichtsunterricht)
– Film by Jean-Marie Straub
– With Barbara Ulrich
– Text by Maurice Barrès
– Image and editing: Christophe Clavert
– Sound: Dimitri Haulet
– Sound mix: Jean-Pierre Laforce, Gaël Blondet, La Fémis
– Assistants: Arnaud Dommerc, Gilles Pandel
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– Music by J.-S. Bach, conducted by Gustav Leonhardt
– Laboratories: Studio Orlando, Olivier Boischot, La Ruche Studio
– Coproduction: Andolfi, Belva Film The film closes with an excerpt of Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, shot 37, performance of BWV 205.
TEXT: Maurice Barrès, Amori et Dolori sacrum – La mort de Venise (1903), extract from chapter 3.
PRODUCTION DATES AND LOCATION: October 12–14, 2013, Rolle, Switzerland.
CAMERA: Canon 5D.
SUB TITLED IN ENGLISH by Ted Fendt, Misha Donat and Straub, IN GERMAN by Johannes Beringer and Straub, IN ITALIAN by Giorgio Passerone and Straub.
FIRST SCREENING: 2014 Locarno Film Festival (August); Goethe-Institut, London (March 10, 2015).