Metamorphosis of a Melody

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

Milim (Hebrew מילים "words"), English title Metamorphosis of a Melody is a 1996 Israeli drama film by Amos Gitai.[1] 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.[2]

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

1. Festival Book - Page 85 2004 - Director: Amos Gitai Producer: Nicolas Blanc, Michael Tapuah, Laurent Truchot Screenplay: Amos Gitai, Marie-Jose Sanselme ... Select Filmography Milim (1996), The Arena of Murder (1996) War and Peace in Vesoul (1997) Zion, .
2. Metamorphosis of a Melody Film.com. Retrieved on 5 July 2010

External links

• Metamorphosis of a Melody at IMDb