CinemaOSMovie · 2009 · 2h 0m

Mea Culpa – A ReadyMadeOpera

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In Mea Culpa, Christoph Schlingensief blurs a delicate line: he ignores the threshold that separates the healthy from the sick. By making his cancer the subject of an opera, premiering on the largest German-speaking theater, he is putting the art district under pressure: a wonderful institution like the Burgtheater must use its artistic resources lavishly to reveal the entire "truth" about us humans. At the end of the day, when the scenery on Janina Audick's revolving stage has finally come to rest, when Isolde's last Liebestad has been sung enchantingly beautifully by Elfriede Rezabek and indescribable jubilation breaks out, then Schlingensief is completely alone with his illness.

Directed byChristoph Schlingensief

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 0m
Language
DE
Released
October 11, 2009
Studios
Hoanzl

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Burgtheater Wien: MEA CULPA (DVD / Vorschau)

Burgtheater Wien: MEA CULPA (DVD / Vorschau)

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10 credited
Starring
Margit Carstensen

Margit Carstensen

Gerda Cerne

Fritzi Haberlandt

Fritzi Haberlandt

Sachiko Hara

Sachiko Hara

Friederike Harmsen

Irm Hermann

Irm Hermann

Carina-Roxana Isima

Lynne Kieran

Myorah B. Middleton

Agnes Palmisano

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Directed by
Christoph Schlingensief
Christoph Schlingensief
Written by
Christoph Schlingensief
Christoph Schlingensief

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