LEADER 00000ngm 2200625Ia 4500 001 15160175 005 20070504 TAPE OCLC0504: 0041 007 vf cbahou 008 070507s1982 gw 255 g vlger d 009 Reclvl: f Addate: 070507 Addid: OCL Moddate: 080528 Modid: XRF 035 GLADN17508592 040 TXI|cTXI|dOCL|dOCLCQ|dCUY 041 ger|beng 090 |b0500-01-12389 245 00 Parsifal|h[videorecording] /|cGaumont ; von Hans Jürgen Syberberg. 257 Germany. 260 [New York, N.Y.] :|bCorinth Video :|bDistributed by Corinth Films,|cc1982 300 2 videocassettes 2 (255 min.) (VHS NTSC) :|bsd., col. ;|c1 /2 in. 500 Opera in three acts by Richard Wagner. 500 Copyright notice: c1988 Corinth Films, Inc. 500 "Hi-fi stereo"--Binder. 506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating.|5CUY. 508 Filmed in Bavaria, Germany, 1982. 508 Photography, Igar [sic] Luther ; editors, Jutta Brandstaedter, Marianne Fehrenberg ; sets, Wener Achmann ; the Prague Philharmonic Choir and Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Armin Jordan. 511 0 Philharmonic Orchestra of Monte Carlo, Prague Philharmonic Chorus, musical direction, Armin Jordan. 511 1 Armin Jordan, Wolfgang Schoene, Martin Sperr, Hans Tschammer, Robert Lloyd, Michael Kutter, Karin Krick, Reiner Goldberg, Aage Haugland, Edith Clever, Yvonne Minton. 520 "Richard Wagner's last opera has remained controversial since its first performance for its unique, and, for some, unsavory blending of religious and erotic themes and imagery. Based on one of the medieval epic romances of King Arthur and the search for the holy grail (the chalice touched by the lips of Christ at the last supper), it recounts over three long acts how a "wild child" unwittingly invades the sacred precincts of the grail, fulfilling a prophecy that only such a one can save the grail's protectors from a curse fallen upon them. Interpreters of the work have found everything from mystical revelation to proto-fascist propaganda in it. Hans-Jurgen Syberberg's production doesn't avoid either aspect, but tries synthesize them by seeking their roots in the divided soul of Wagner himself. The action unfolds on a craggy landscape which turns out to be a gigantic enlargement of the composer's death mask, among deliberately tatty theatrical devices: puppets, scale models, magic-lantern projections. The eponymous hero is sung by the specified tenor voice (Reiner Goldberg) but mimed on screen by a male and a female performer alternately, reflecting what the director takes to be the creator's own sexual conflicts. Syberberg's pacing, dictated by the majestic 520 pace of Wagner's score, is slow, but enlivened by constant subtle shifts in point of view, and memorable performances by actress Edith Clever as the villainess/heroine Kundry (sung by Yvonne Minton), orchestra conductor Armin Jordan as the remorseful knight Amfortas (sung by Wolfgang Schoene), and Robert Lloyd (the faithful retainer Gurnemanz). Written by Roger Downey, IMDb. 538 VHS format. 541 0 PFA 0500-01-12389. D0220 546 In German with English subtitles. 650 0 Operas. 655 7 Features.|2mim 655 7 Music.|2mim 690 0 German films. 700 1 Syberberg, Hans Jürgen,|d1935- 700 1 Wagner, Richard,|d1813-1883.|tParsifal. 700 1 Luther, Igor. 700 1 Achmann, Werner. 700 1 Jordan, Armin. 700 1 Brandstaedter, Jutta. 700 1 Fehrenberg, Marianne. 700 1 Schöne, Wolfgang,|d1940- 700 1 Sperr, Martin,|d1944-2002. 700 1 Tschammer, Hans. 700 1 Lloyd, Robert,|d1940- 700 1 Kutter, Michael. 700 1 Krick, Karin. 710 2 Pražský filharmonický sbor. 710 2 Orchestre philharmonique de Monte-Carlo. 710 2 Gaumont (Firm) 710 2 Corinth Films. 935 GLADN17508592 941 0 PFA 0500-01-12389. D0220 donation 2005/04/12 956 20140224|bPFA migration/merge load 957 OCLC xref loaded 20140309 994 02|bCUY