Scarabea – How Much Land Does a Man Need? (1969)

Name: Scarabea – How Much Land Does a Man Need?
Genre: Drama
Released: 1969-01-10

1h 54m

Running Time

Plot.

A Teutonic lecher on vacation has a wager with some local peasants that he can't make a walking circle from sunrise to sunset to secure some coveted land. The middle-aged businessman embarks on his journey only to be slowed down by the beautiful reporter Scarabea. With thoughts of drunkenness and sex on his warped mind, the man tries to circumnavigate the parcel of property. The story is a retelling of an ancient folk tale told by Tolstoy where the initial victim bets his soul to Satan against the land he desires.

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Cast & Crew.

Walter Buschhoff

G. W. Bach

Nicoletta Machiavelli

Scarabea

Franz von Treuberg

Karsten Peters

Norma Jordan

Chris Holenia

Rudolf Rhomberg

Actor

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

Director / Producer / Writer

Eugen Thomass

Music

Petrus Schloemp

Cinematography

Barbara Mondry

Editor

Leo Tolstoy

Novel

Details.

Release Date
January 10, 1969

Original Name
Scarabea - Wieviel Erde braucht der Mensch?

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 54m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2024-09-18

Wiki.

Scarabea: How Much Land Does a Man Need? (German: Scarabea - wieviel Erde braucht der Mensch?) is a 1969 West German drama film directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, starring Walter Buschhoff, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Franz Friedrich Graf Treuberg and Karsten Peters. It tells the story of a German tourist in Sardinia who goes on a hike which becomes a brutal experience. The film was Syberberg's first fiction film and uses motifs from the 1886 short story "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" by Leo Tolstoy. It won the Deutscher Filmpreis for Best Actor (Buschhoff) and Best Cinematography.