A film about the final years of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and his romantic entanglement with Russian feminist intellectual Lou Andreas-Salomé and writer Paul Rée. Beyond Good and Evil serves as a cinematic commentary on Nietzsche’s philosophical ideas, evoking one of his most important works, in which he formulates his thoughts on the death of God and the foundations of traditional moral systems.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 2 hr. 7 min.
- Country, year
- Italy, France, Germany, 1977
- Genre
- Drama, Biographical
- Language
- Italian
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N-16
Credits
- Screenplay
- Liliana Cavani, Franco Arcalli, Italo Moscati
- Producers
- Robert Gordon Edwards
- Cinematography
- Armando Nannuzzi
- Music
- Daniele Paris
- Cast
- Dominique Sanda, Erland Josephson, Robert Powell, Virna Lisi, Michael Degen, Elisa Cegani, Umberto Orsini
- More information
- www.imdb.com