Exekution: A Study of Mary
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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.
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Cast
15 people
Heinz Emigholz
Narrator (voice)
Known for
Stalingrad
Berryt Bohlen
Also in
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives
Berliner Bettwurst
Elfi Mikesch
Christian Sievers
Polo Espinoza
Also in
Freak Orlando
Vroni Hinkelbein
Wolf R. Uhlig
La Milli
Anke Rixa Hansen
Magdalena Montezuma
Known for
World on a Wire
Beware of a Holy Whore
Raphael
Known for
My Big Night
Frank Ripploh
Also in
Taxi to Cairo
Querelle
Elfi Mikesch Director
First release September 20, 1979 · Produced in Germany
Production
Oh Movie Film
Production
Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · September 20, 1979
Premiere · Filmfest Hamburg
No release date listed for United States.
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