Superbia – The Pride (1988) – Short Movie Database

Superbia – The Pride

1988

Drama Fantasy

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Ulrike Ottinger

Cast

Bernhard Jahn-Chor

Delphine Seyrig as Bettlerfürstin

Else Nabu as Chinesische Drachenprinzessin

Gabriele Heidecker as Luciphera Superbia

Hisao Saito as Samurai

Irm Hermann as Bankdirektorin

Margie Ellgaard as Industrieller

Renate Schlesier as Generalin