Beyond Good and Evil (Italian: Al di là del bene e del male; UK title: Beyond Evil) is a 1977 drama film directed by Liliana Cavani. It stars Dominique Sanda, Erland Josephson and Robert Powell. The film follows the intense relationship formed in the 1880s between Friedrich Nietzsche, Lou Salomé and Paul Rée.
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Beyond Good and Evil (Al di là del bene e del male) | |
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Directed by | Liliana Cavani |
Written by | Liliana Cavani Franco Arcalli Italo Moscati |
Produced by | Robert Gordon Edwards |
Starring | Dominique Sanda Robert Powell Erland Josephson Virna Lisi |
Cinematography | Armando Nannuzzi |
Distributed by | Les Artistes Associés (United Artists) |
Release date | 1977 (1977) |
Running time | 127 minutes |
Countries | Italy France |
Languages | Italian English |
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.
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