The Gaze of the Gorgon

1992 40 min

Overview

Film poem by Tony Harrison which takes the figure of the Gorgon as a metaphor for the "freedom-fixing politics" which have been responsible for so much conflict this century. It starts in 1992 Frankfurt where Harrison speaks through the mouth of the statue of the German Jewish poet Heinrich Heine. At Corfu in Greece he tells of the link between Heine, the Greek Gorgon and Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Genres

History Documentary

Production Countries

United Kingdom

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Cast

Crew

Peter Salmon

Executive Producer

Tony Harrison

Writer

Peter Symes

Director

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