VORSCHAU: SUSAN SONTAG »SUSAN SONTAG & FILMMUSEUM«: ›DUET FOR CANNIBALS‹: EIN FILM VON SUSAN SONTAG (1969)

In the organizer's words:

In Susan Sontag's debut film, a German left-wing intellectual and his Italian wife play the "cannibals" who plunge a young couple into a maelstrom of emotional entanglements. Tomas is hired to edit and compile the diaries and correspondence of Dr. Arthur Bauer. The work is confidential and he moves in with Bauer and his wife Francesca, whom he is also supposed to keep company. Even Tomas' girlfriend Ingrid cannot escape this strange yet fascinating company. Everything seems to be just a game, and yet it is about existential questions, about love and death.

The film was financed by a Swedish producer and premiered out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 1969. Susan Sontag was responsible for directing, writing and editing.

"Its originality and visual inventiveness are remarkable, and not just for a first feature. In short, 'DUET FOR CANNIBALS' is an astonishing work."
RICHARD ROUD, THE GUARDIAN

Adriana Asti, the actress playing Francesca, was known from films by Pier Paolo Pasolini and Luchino Visconti. Lars Ekborg, who plays the enigmatic Dr. Bauer, was a member of Ingmar Bergman's ensemble.

DURATION: 105 MIN.
LANGUAGE: SWEDISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

Price information:

ADMISSION: EURO 5 (information at www.muenchner-stadtmuseum.de/film)