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- SummarySpiritual choral singing from echoing space. A building is being occupied by the war. A look into the nave with the scroll title follows: "In 1973, September 18, the Generals ordered the Cardinal Archbishop and Heads of all Confessions active in Chile to the Igesia de la Gratitud Nacional - the Church of National Thanksgiving - in Santiago. A "Service: By Order of the Junta to the Praise of the Junta." The military - blasphemous impertinence in a weapons stalwart escort. The Cardinal, forced into the ministry of blessing, speaks words of profound meaning: "For all those who suffer and pray, or who find themselves in conflict situations, or who live in fearful solitude. So that they may be set free, comforted and pacified. Let us beseech the Lord!" His face in dignified earnestness; his senses take shape in images of the persecuted and tormented. The desecrators leave the house of God, their backs are filled with the word of the Bible: "They call to the Lord, but he does not answer them. I want to crush them like dust before the wind; I want to clean it up like the excrement from the alley. Psalms 18, 42 and 43" (Source: "The Films Heynowski & Scheumann, Peter Hellmich. 1965-1978")
- Shotlist0:00:00 Insertion: Studio H & S © 74. Film title on black background "PSALM 18". View of soldiers of the military junta with rifles in their hands on the streets of the capital Santiago de Chile (half near). The prayers of the faithful from the church are underlined in the Off. Soldiers with mounted rapid-fire weapons guard the entrance of a building (semi-near). Zoom in on soldiers' weapon barrels (near). Intermediate cuts from below on soldiers with firearms on the roof of the cathedral (half total). Circumcision. Scroll title with white writing on black background: Anno Domini 1973, September 18, the generals ordered the Cardinal Archbishop and the heads of all denominations active in Chile to the "Iglesia de la Gratitud Nacional", the Church of National Thanksgiving in Santiago. recut 0:01:00 Swing over the nave from bottom to top to the vaulted ceiling of the cathedral (semi-total). Circumcision. View of the standing representatives of the military junta in the front row (half total) with faded in writing "Service: On order of the junta to the praise of the junta". Backward zoom from the military to the church (half total). Cut over to a soldier on the roof of the cathedral (half total). The songs of the faithful from the church are underlined in the Off. Circumcision. Zoom on the sitting general and chief of the military junta Augusto Pinochet in uniform with tinted glasses, next to Cesar Mendoza and standing officers (half total). View of the face of Pinochet (close). Circumcision. Backward zoom of the face of the commander-in-chief of the police Cesar Mendoza behind Pinochet next to soldiers with guns in the church (half near). Zoom backwards from the face of sitting admiral José Toribio Merino to the officers group (close). Redecision to the nave with the standing singing people (half total) (original sound). Swing from below to the vaulted ceiling of the cathedral (semi-total). recut 0:02:10 Swing from the vaulted ceiling to the singing people in the cathedral (semi-total) (original sound). View of three soldiers in festive uniform (half near). Pan to Pinochet next to Admiral José Toribio Merino (half near). Backward zoom on the officer group of the military junta with Pinochet (half total). Cut over to the face of the praying Cardinal-Bishop Sergio Valech Aldunate (near). Cut into a photo of a father with his toddler on his arm next to an armed soldier (near). Zoom on the face of General Pinochet in the cathedral (semi-close). Off you hear a church choir. Cut over to a photo of a tied man on the street (near). Photo of a murdered man on the street (near). Countercut of the praying Cardinal-Bishop Sergio Valech Aldunate (near). Swing from the face to the hands of Cardinal Sergio Valech Aldunate (near). Panning over a photo of a man with crutches, covered with newspaper and killed with crutches (near). Cut over to the face of Pinochet with tinted glasses in the church (half near). recut 0:03:05 The military is touching prisoners leaning against a wall (half total) and the sermon of the Cardinal-Bishop becomes audible in the off and visible with German inscription: "For all those who suffer and pray, or who are in conflict situations, ... (prisoners are taken away)....or who live in fearful solitude...(camera walk past the prisoners and soldiers)...so that they may be liberated, comforted and pacified...(policemen and soldiers search the prisoners' pockets and feel them down)...let us beseech the Lord! Lord, we beseech Thee, hear us! Lord, we beseech Thee, hear us"! Cut to the speaking Cardinal Sergio Valech Aldunate on the microphone (half near) (original sound). Backward zoom of the cardinal who prays with raised hands above his head (half near) (O-tone) "The Lord bless and protect you,... (fade in of prisoners with raised hands in a camp)...the Lord let his face shine on you. He has compassion with you... (Swing over the walking prisoners with raised hands in the camp)... The Lord turn his face to you and give you peace. Amen. View of the raised hand of the Cardinal (close). View of the folded hands of the Cardinal at his "Amen" (half near). recut 0:03:55 View of the guards with their rifles raised in the cathedral (half near). Circumcision. General Pinochet and his officers go with Cardinal Bishop Sergio Valech Aldunate to the exit of the cathedral (half total). Photo of parting relatives of arrested men (near). Backwards camera walk in the cathedral with view of Pinochet, Cardinal and officers (half total). The church choir sings in the off. Photo inserts: Pinochet in the church (near), soldiers during a raid with guns (near). View of Cardinal Sergio Valech Aldunate, General Pinochet and Admiral José Toribio Merino walking through the church (half total). Photo of a prisoner next to three soldiers (near). José Toribio Merino talks to Cardinal Sergio Valech Aldunate while elite soldiers with rifles protect the military (semi-total). Cut back to a photo with an arrested couple (near). General Pinochet and the members of his military junta walk protected by a trellis of elite soldiers past the faithful to the exit (semi-total). Countercut on a photo with a kneeling prisoner next to soldiers (near). recut 0:04:40 Backwards camera walk through the cathedral with a view of the cardinal and the junta members (half total). Circumcision. Slow motion pictures with a view of General Pinochet, Cesar Mendoza and Admiral José Toribio Merino leaving the cathedral (half near). View of the accompanying elite soldiers in slow motion. In the off you can hear the church choir singing. View from behind of the soldiers leaving the church in slow motion (half total) with the text: "They call to the Lord; but he does not answer... (View of the officers, Pinochet and elite soldiers in front of the cathedral)... I want to crush them like dust from the wind; I want to clear them away like the excrement on the alley. PSALM 18/42, 43". Swing over Pinochet with the officers in front of the cathedral (half total). Dimming: Rod data: Directed by Walter Heynowski and Gerhard Scheumann. Screenplay Walter Heynowski and Gerhard Scheumann. dimming 0:05:40 END
- TagsChile; church; junta; military; choral singing; prayer; Santiago; psalm; cathedral; cardinal; archbishop; blessing; arrest; murder; terror; persecution; oppression; raid; slow motion;
- Decade1970
- Production Year1974
- Release date28 Jun 1974
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- DirectorGerhard Scheumann, Walter Heynowski
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- Original Clip IdentifierQ6UJ9A004YZ0
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