‘Each page a victory. At whose expense the victory ball? Every ten years a great man. Who paid the piper?’ An essay parable, part documentary part fiction, on the desire for a leader, anchored in Brecht’s 1935 poem A Worker Reads History. Screens before Amos Gitaï, la violence et l’histoire.
Film details
- Country of production
- Israel
- Year
- 1976
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2021
- Length
- 18"
- Medium/Format
- Digital
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