The read
It runs a compact 28m.
Synopsis
This film is in effect a slideshow of exquisite single photographic images in sparkling black and white, representing Mikesch’s own version of Mary Stuart. “The drama of a woman who attempted a kind of liberal emancipation in a time of upheaval, but got caught in the snares of men,” in her words. Confronted with layers and layers of conflicting information about “how it really was” Mikesch decided not to try to be a historian, but to radicalise the narrative and condense it into striking images of passion, power, love, pain and death.
Ratings
TMDB7.5/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Elfi MikeschScreenplay
- Elfi MikeschDirector
Cast
- Heinz EmigholzNarrator (voice)
- Berryt BohlenCast
- Polo EspinozaCast
- Vroni HinkelbeinCast
- La MilliCast
- Magdalena MontezumaCast
- RaphaelCast
- Frank RipplohCast
- Frank SolettiCast
- Lindsay TurnerCast
- Ellen UmlaufNarrator (voice)