Scarabea: How Much Land Does a Man Need?

1969 film
  • Walter Buschhoff
  • Nicoletta Machiavelli
  • Franz Friedrich Graf Treuberg [de]
  • Karsten Peters
CinematographyPetrus Schloemp [de]Edited byBarbara MondryMusic byEugen Thomass
Production
company
TMS Film GmbH
Release date
  • 10 January 1969 (1969-01-10)
Running time
114 minutesCountryWest GermanyLanguageGerman

Scarabea: How Much Land Does a Man Need? (German: Scarabea - wieviel Erde braucht der Mensch?) is a 1969 West German drama film directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, starring Walter Buschhoff, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Franz Friedrich Graf Treuberg [de] and Karsten Peters. The film was Syberberg's first fiction film and uses motifs from the 1886 short story "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" by Leo Tolstoy. It won the Deutscher Filmpreis for Best Actor (Buschhoff) and Best Cinematography.[1]

Plot

A German tourist in Sardinia goes on a hike which becomes a brutal experience.

Cast

  • Walter Buschhoff as G. W. Bach
  • Nicoletta Machiavelli as Scarabea
  • Franz Friedrich Graf Treuberg [de] as Der Graf
  • Karsten Peters as Regisseur
  • Chris A. Holenia
  • Rudolf Rhomberg
  • Norma Jordan

References

  1. ^ "Scarabea - Wieviel Erde braucht der Mensch?". Filmportal.de (in German). German Film Institute. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
  • Scarabea: How Much Land Does a Man Need? at IMDb
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