![]() Walter Samuel Abridged analytical notes on the film music of Klaus Harmony. Hamburg, 1997 |
Unholy Prayer, 1972 Wohlfäht’s controversial new testament drama, Die Sins des Apostles set a remarkable new tone in its unflinching observation of the relationship between religious and sexual practice; and Klaus Harmony’s score takes its lead from the uncompromising manner of the film. The movie is also pioneering in depicting Christ as demonstrating wrath in a sequence which features him on camelback in ferocious pursuit of a thief who has stolen Mary Magdalene’s money pouch through the street markets of Jerusalem. In a similarly bold move, Unholy Prayer underscores the scene in a contemporary idiom, paying homage to crime movies of the time. |