Anthony Pensabene's Filmography on TV
List of programs starring Anthony Pensabene on tv. Programs are sorted in order of last seen on tv. Last updated: Nov 23, 2024 8:03 AM
Othon (1971)
Straub-Huillet’s first color film, adapts a lesser-known Corneille tragedy from 1664, which in turn was based on an episode of imperial court intrigue chronicled in Tacitus’s Histories. The costuming is classical, and the toga-clad, nonprofessional cast performs the drama’s original French text amid the ruins of Rome’s Palatine Hill while the noise of contemporary urban life hums in the background. Their lines are executed with a terrific flatness and frequently through heavy accents; the langua