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Parsifal (1982)

Parsifal poster
Directed by
Bernard Sobel, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Genre
drama film, musical film, medieval film
Country
Germany, France
Runtime
4h 15m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film is a performance of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal. It tells the story of a knight on a quest for the Holy Grail.

operaticstagedcontemplativemythicslow-movingceremonialsombervisually stylized

What happens

Parsifal is a 1982 West German-French opera film directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, based on the opera of the same name by Richard Wagner. It was shown out of competition at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival and ranks No. 8 in Cahiers du Cinéma's Annual Top 10 Lists in 1982. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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