The Scarlet Letter (1973 film)

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The Scarlet Letter (1973 film)

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The Scarlet Letter

Directed by	Wim Wenders
Written by	Tankred Dorst Ursula Ehler Bernardo Fernández Wim Wenders
Based on	The Scarlet Letter 1850 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Starring	Senta Berger Lou Castel Hans Christian Blech
Cinematography	Robby Müller
Edited by	Peter Przygodda
Music by	Jürgen Knieper
Production company	Filmverlag der Autoren WDR Elías Querejeta Producciones Cinematográficas
Distributed by	Filmverlag der Autoren (West Germany)
Release dates	13 March 1973 (1973-03-13) (West Germany) 3 June 1975 (1975-06-03) (Spain)
Running time	86 minutes
Countries	West Germany Spain
Language	German

The Scarlet Letter (German: Der Scharlachrote Buchstabe) is a 1973 period drama film directed by Wim Wenders, based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 novel of the same name. The West German-Spanish co-production stars Senta Berger as Hester Prynne, Lou Castel as Reverend Dimmesdale, and Hans Christian Blech as Chillingworth.

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Cast

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Senta Berger as Hester Prynne
Lou Castel as Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale
Hans Christian Blech as Roger Chillingworth
Yelena Samarina as Mistress Hibbins
Alfredo Mayo as Governor Mayo
Yella Rottländer as Pearl Prynne
Ángel Álvarez as Reverend Wilson
William Layton as Governor Bellingham
Laura Currie as Sarah
Lorenzo Robledo as Ship Captain
Rüdiger Vogler as Sailor

Production

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Filming took place at a studio in Cologne, with exteriors shot in Galicia, Spain. The look of the evening shots outdoors utilized the existing day for night techniques of exposure.

According to the director's commentary, Wim Wenders explained that the experience of directing this, his second film, was the usual one which occurs with a new director. It is much more difficult and much less successful. In the interior shots, the windows were covered with a variant of rice paper seen in traditional Japanese homes.

There are a few brief shots in which one sees a three-masted ship on the ocean in the background. This was not a real ship but was a small model sized correctly for the shot and hung in front of the lens (called forced perspective). Only one extra building had to be erected in Galicia for the exterior shooting to hide the large gap between buildings.

As far as the actors were concerned, they were from all over Europe and so all of the dialogue had to be looped afterward. Six or seven different languages were being spoken by the actors. The extras which represent the inhabitants of Salem were all Spaniards.

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Official website
The Scarlet Letter at IMDb
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Characters	Hester Prynne Roger Chillingworth Arthur Dimmesdale
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