The Technique and the Rite

1h 32m
DramaHistory
5

The narrative concerns the barbaric exploits of Attila The Hun and yet none of the characters ever leave the remote seaside stretch of land on which the film is set or do much of anything – with the ensuing moralizing interrupted only by the occasional (and equally obscure) music-infused rites.

Cast

József Madaras
Attila
Marco Guglielmi
Old Soldier
Adalberto Maria Merli
Maximus
Brizio Montinaro
Warrior
Piero Faggioni
Centurion
Luigi Montini
Hun Philosopher
Sergio Enria
Bledo
Anna Zinnemann
Bleda's Wife

Crew

Miklós Jancsó
Director, Writer
Giovanna Gagliardo
Writer, Story
Gyula Hernádi
Writer
Giuliano Mattioli
Editor
János Kende
Director of Photography
Francesco De Masi
Original Music Composer

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