Metamorphosis of a Melody

Metamorphosis of a Melody
Directed by	Amos Gitai
Produced by	Gala Dona Dela Rosa Shuki Friedman Amos Gitai Ilan Moskovitch Laurent Truchot
Starring	Ronit Elkabetz Samuel Fuller
Music by	Markus Stockhausen Simon Stockhausen
Cinematography	Etai Arbel Amos Gitai Jorge Gurvich
Edited by	Oren Medics Marco Melani
Production company	Agav Films Capital Studios
Release dates	(Israel) 1996
Running time	93 min
Country	Israel
Language	Hebrew

Metamorphosis of a Melody (original title: Milim) is a 1996 Israeli drama film by Amos Gitai. The film starring Ronit Elkabetz and Samuel Fuller is based on The Jewish War by Josephus. It is a cinematic realisation of stage-based productions by Gitai.

Plot

The film follows Jewish resistance as they face a series of challenges against the Romans. Chronicling the capture of Jerusalem by the Seleucid ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes in 164 BC to the fall and destruction of Jerusalem in the First Jewish-Roman War in AD 70.^[1]

Cast

Ronit Elkabetz
Samuel Fuller as Flavius (narrator)
Efratia Gitai as Memory Holder
Masha Itkina as Nightingale
Jerome Koenig as Emperor Titus
Enrico Lo Verso as Defender of Masada
Ilan Mosovitch
Shuli Rand as The Cantor
Hanna Schygulla as Spirit of Exile

References

↑ Metamorphosis of a Melody Film.com. Retrieved on 5 July 2010

External links

Metamorphosis of a Melody at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Amos Gitai

Golem, the Spirit of the Exile (1992)
Metamorphosis of a Melody (1996)
Kadosh (1999)
Kippur (2000)
Kedma (2002)
11'09"01 September 11 (2002)
Alila (2003)
Promised Land (2004)
Free Zone (2005)
Disengagement (2007)
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Roses à crédit (2010)
Lullaby to My Father (2012)
Words with Gods (2014)
Tsili (2014)
Rabin, the Last Day (2015)

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