Il Mistero di Oberwald (1980)
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One of director Michelangelo Antonioni's more obscure works from the 1980s, this psychological period piece reunites the filmmaker with one of his favorite performers, Monica Vitti. Shot on video and based upon the play The Eagle Has Two Heads (Jean Cocteau made his own film version of the work in 1947), the film casts Vitti as a queen who squares off against an anarchist poet who has come to her castle to kill her. Due to his remarkable resemblance to the long-dead king of the land, the queen falls in love with the dissident. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi
- Starring:
- Monica Vitti, Franco Branciaroli, (more)
- Director(s):
- Michelangelo Antonioni
Synopsis of Il Mistero di Oberwald
One of director Michelangelo Antonioni's more obscure works from the 1980s, this psychological period piece reunites the filmmaker with one of his favorite performers, Monica Vitti. Shot on video and based upon the play The Eagle Has Two Heads (Jean Cocteau made his own film version of the work in 1947), the film casts Vitti as a queen who squares off against an anarchist poet who has come to her castle to kill her. Due to his remarkable resemblance to the long-dead king of the land, the queen falls in love with the dissident. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi
Complete Cast of Il Mistero di Oberwald
- Monica Vitti - The Queen
- Paolo Bonacelli - Count of Foehn
- Franco Branciaroli - Sebastian
- Luigi Diberti - Willenstein
- Director(s):
- Michelangelo Antonioni
- Writer(s):
- Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra
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