“I am Pride. I am the proud Root of All Evil.”
Pride is the first of the seven deadly sins. The introduction is made through early allegorical forms and figures (triumphal procession, dance of death, Baroque tragedy etc.) The triumphal procession of the giant haystack as a symbol of human vanities becomes a military parade of abrupt, functional and arrogant gestures. The most diverse musical fragments and rhythms intone the montage of details in the staged triumphal procession, juxtaposed with documentary images, including marches, ticker-tape parades and military review.
Ulrike Ottinger
Writer
Ulrike Ottinger
Director
Ulrike Ottinger
Director of Photography
Delphine Seyrig
Bettlerfürstin
Irm Hermann
Bankdirektorin
Else Nabu
Chinesische Drachenprinzessin
Renate Schlesier
Generalin
Hisao Saito
Samurai
Margie Ellgaard
Industrieller
Gabriele Heidecker
Luciphera Superbia
Wolfgang Petrick
Bernhard Jahn-Chor
