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1972

Geschichtsunterricht (History Lessons)

85 minutes

Photography: Renato Berta, Emilio Bestetti (16 mm, Eastmancolor)

Sound: Jeti Grigioni

Actors: Gottfried Bold (The Banker), Johann Unterpertinger (The Peasant), Henri Ludwigg (The Lawyer), Carl Vaillant (The Writer), Benedikt Zulauf (The Young Man)

Based on the novel fragment Die Geschäfte des Herrn Julius Caesar (The Business Affairs of Mr. Julius Caesar) by Bertolt Brecht

Filmed on location in Rome, Frascati, Terenten (Alto Adige), and on the island of Elba, June—July 1972

Published screenplays: Screen 17, no. 1 (Spring 1976):54–76; "Leçcons d'historire," trans. Straub/Huillet, Cahiers du cinéma 241 (September/October 1972):46–66; Filmcritica (February/March 1974)


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