''Argila'' is a 1968 West German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Werner Schroeter Werner Schroeter (7 April 1945 – 12 April 2010) was a German film director, screenwriter, and opera director known for his stylistic excess. Schroeter was cited by Rainer Werner Fassbinder as an influence both on his own work and on German cine ...

and starring Carla Egerer,

Magdalena Montezuma Magdalena may refer to: * Magdalena (given name), a given name derived from Mary Magdalene (including a list of people with the name) Entertainment * Magdalena (comics), an American comic book superheroine * ''Magdalena'' (film), a 1920 Czech ...

and Sigurd Salto. The film was part of the developing

New German Cinema New German Cinema (german: Neuer Deutscher Film) is a period in German cinema which lasted from 1962 to 1982, in which a new generation of directors emerged who, working with low budgets, and influenced by the French New Wave and Italian Neorea ...

movement, and along with '' Eika Katappa'' established Magdalena Montezuma as the star of German underground filmmaking.Elsaesser p.285

Plot

Three women around a mute man.

Background

Beginner, Werner Schroeter, proceeds to a sophisticated setting of characters and images by a double projection, one in mute black and white, the other sound and in color, with a few seconds delay.

Cast

* Carla Egerer *

* Sigurd Salto *

Gisela Trowe Gisela Trowe (5 September 1922 in Dortmund – 5 April 2010 in Hamburg) was a German actress and voice actress. Selected filmography * 1948: '' Street Acquaintances'' * 1948: ''The Time with You'' * 1948: ' * 1948: '' Affaire Blum'' * 1951: ' ...

References

Bibliography

* Elsaesser, Thomas. '' New German Cinema: A History''. Macmillan Education, 1989.

External links

* 1969 films 1960s avant-garde and experimental films German avant-garde and experimental films West German films 1960s German-language films Films directed by Werner Schroeter 1960s German films {{experimental-film-stub