Scarabea: How Much Land Does a Man Need?

Scarabea: How Much Land Does a Man Need?
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Produced by	Hans Jürgen Syberberg
Screenplay by	Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Based on	"How Much Land Does a Man Need?" by Leo Tolstoy
Starring	Walter Buschhoff Nicoletta Machiavelli Franz Friedrich Graf Treuberg Karsten Peters
Music by	Eugen Thomass
Cinematography	Petrus Schloemp
Edited by	Barbara Mondry
Production company	TMS Film GmbH
Release dates	10 January 1969
Running time	114 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

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 short story "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" by Leo Tolstoy. It won the Deutscher Filmpreis for Best Actor (Buschhoff) and Best Cinematography.^[1]

Cast

• Walter Buschhoff as G. W. Bach
• Nicoletta Machiavelli as Scarabea
• Franz Friedrich Graf Treuberg as Der Graf
• Karsten Peters as Regisseur
• Chris A. Holenia
• Rudolf Rhomberg
• Norma Jordan

References

1. "Scarabea - Wieviel Erde braucht der Mensch?". Filmportal.de (in German). German Film Institute. Retrieved 2013-03-31.

External links

• Scarabea: How Much Land Does a Man Need? at the Internet Movie Database