Zeus

History Lessons (1972)

• Directors
  • Danièle Huillet
  • Jean-Marie Straub
• Writers
  • Bertolt Brecht
  • Danièle Huillet
  • Jean-Marie Straub
• Stars
  • Gottfried Bold
  • Johann Unterpertinger
  • Henri Ludwigg

  A shot from a car coursing through Rome in 1972 opens this interpretation of Brecht's unfinished experimental novel The Business Affairs of Mr. Julius Caesar. In a second part set in contemporary Rome, a young researcher discusses the economic and political manipulation that drove Caesar to power.