Socrates

Original title: Socrate

TV Movie
1970
2h

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A false accusation leads the philosopher Socrates to trial and condemnation in 4th century BC Athens.A false accusation leads the philosopher Socrates to trial and condemnation in 4th century BC Athens.A false accusation leads the philosopher Socrates to trial and condemnation in 4th century BC Athens.

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7.1/10

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Jean Sylvère

Socrate

Anne Caprile

Santippe
(as Anna Caprile)

Giuseppe Mannajuolo

Apollodoro
(as Bepy Mannaiuolo)

Ricardo Palacios

Critone

Elio Seraffini

Prete

Julio Morales

Antistene

Emilio Miguel Hernández

Meleto

Emilio Hernández Blanco

Ipperide

Paco Catalá

Lisyas

Antonio Alfonso

Eutifrone
(uncredited)

Iván Almagro

Ermogene
(uncredited)

Román Ariznavarreta

Calicle
(uncredited)

Simón Arriaga

Servitore della cicuta
(uncredited)

Bernardo Ballester

Teofrasto
(uncredited)

Ángel Blanco

Efigene
(uncredited)

César Bonet

Prete
(uncredited)

Roberto Cruz

Un vecchio
(uncredited)

Jean-Dominique de la Rochefoucauld

Fedro
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Roberto Rossellini reconstructed Athens with the use of a mirror/prism, with the Schufftan effect (Metropolis). He also used the Pacino telephoto lens, remote controlled and it had a monitor, so he could control, view and create very intense long shots.

Quotes
Socrate: If you had listened to me, for years I've been urging you to realize that there is but one good: knowledge. And there is but one evil: the presumption of knowledge.

Connections
Featured in Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo (1997)

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2/10

Rolling over in his grave

Boy is this film bad. It consists of talking heads going back and forth, talking about people we haven't met or even know about. It's all Greek to me, but it's Italian, and for a goodly portion of the film it looks like it's been dubbed, which it hasn't. I guess the track is off kilter.

The language itself is pure modern, with almost no hints of the true nature of Greek speech in 400 BC. And none of the beauty of Socrates speeches.

It was so bad I didn't see it through to the end. So maybe it got a lot better after the first 30 minutes.