Beyond Good and Evil (1977)
- Original title
- Al di là del bene e del male
- Directed by
- Liliana Cavani
- Genre
- drama film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- Germany, France, Italy
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 29 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This film focuses on the private life of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. It also explores his close relationships with Lou Andreas-Salome and Paul Ree. The story shows the emotional conflicts and intellectual tensions among them.
biographicalphilosophicalintimatedramaticperiodprovocativeslow-pacedintellectualsomber
What happens
Beyond Good and Evil (Italian: Al di là del bene e del male; UK title: Beyond Evil) is a 1977 Italian-French drama-biographical film co-written and directed by Liliana Cavani and starring Dominique Sanda, Erland Josephson and Robert Powell. This is the second part of "The German Trilogy" directed by Liliana Cavani. In The Night Porter she portrayed the connection between perversion and fascism. This time she depicts the life of Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher who wrote Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Beyond Good and Evil. Virna Lisi won the Nastro d'Argento Best supporting Actress award (Silver Ribbon) from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists for her role as Elisabeth Nietzsche. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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