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Moses and Aaron

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A dramatization of the unfinished three-act opera exploring the lives of Jews in Europe.

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Dave Kehr Chicago Reader 08/29/2018
Straub and Huillet's investigation of the medium is an important experience for anyone interested in the way film represents reality-or fails to. Go to Full Review Allen Shawn Film Comment Magazine 04/12/2018
The film scrapes away the reverential patina surrounding religious subject matter to reveal contemporary urgency. Go to Full Review Richard Brody The New Yorker 05/02/2016
The stark images are as passionate and engaging, profound and beautiful as the complex music to which they insightfully respond. Go to Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com 08/26/2020
4/5
Compelling and formidable, Straub and Huillet turn Schoenberg's opera into a fascinating cinematic experience which charts the regression of an oppressed people. Go to Full Review Tomas Trussow The Lonely Film Critic 04/23/2019
4.5/5
This is something akin to counter-opera, which takes the fundamental signifiers and repurposes them in revolutionary ways. What this begets is both alienating and enlightening. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 03/07/2012
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Cast & Crew

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Daniele Huillet

Director

Jean-Marie Straub

Director

Günter Reich

Moses

Louis Devos

Aron

Eva Csapo

Junges Mädchen

Roger Lucas

Junger Mann

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Synopsis A dramatization of the unfinished three-act opera exploring the lives of Jews in Europe.
Director
Daniele Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Producer
Daniele Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Screenwriter
Arnold Schönberg
Genre
Drama, Music
Original Language
German
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 5, 2018
Runtime
1h 47m
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