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Beyond Good and Evil is a italien film of genre Drama directed by Liliana Cavani with Dominique Sanda

Beyond Good and Evil (1977)

Al di là del bene e del male

Beyond Good and Evil
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Length 2h7
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OriginItalie
Genres Drama
Rating62% 3.138173.138173.138173.138173.13817

Beyond Good and Evil (Italian: Al di là del bene e del male, UK title: Beyond Evil) is a 1977 drama film directed by Liliana Cavani. It stars Dominique Sanda, Erland Josephson and Robert Powell. The film follows the intense relationship formed in the 1880s between Friedrich Nietzsche, Lou Salomé and Paul Rée.

This is the second part of "The German Trilogy" directed by Liliana Cavani. In The Night Porter she portrayed the connection between perversion and fascism. This time she depicts the life of Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher who wrote Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Beyond Good and Evil.

Virna Lisi won the Nastro d'Argento Best supporting Actress award Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists.

Synopsis

Ce film met en scène le triangle amoureux entre les philosophes Friedrich Nietzsche, Paul Rée et leur muse Lou Andreas-Salomé.

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