Superbia – The Pride Poster

Superbia – The Pride 1988

★ 5.73 votes15 min📅 1988-10-13

"“I am Pride. I am the proud Root of All Evil.”"

Overview

Pride is the first of the seven deadly sins. The introduction is made through early allegorical forms and figures (triumphal procession, dance of death, Baroque tragedy etc.) The triumphal procession of the giant haystack as a symbol of human vanities becomes a military parade of abrupt, functional and arrogant gestures. The most diverse musical fragments and rhythms intone the montage of details in the staged triumphal procession, juxtaposed with documentary images, including marches, ticker-ta

Director: Ulrike Ottinger

Cast

Delphine Seyrig
Delphine Seyrig
Bettlerfürstin
Irm Hermann
Irm Hermann
Bankdirektorin
Else Nabu
Chinesische Drachenprinzessin
Renate Schlesier
Generalin
Hisao Saito
Samurai
Margie Ellgaard
Industrieller
Gabriele Heidecker
Luciphera Superbia
Wolfgang Petrick
Bernhard Jahn-Chor