Primo (2005 film)

Primo (2005 film)

"Primo" is a 2005 film directed by Richard Wilson and starring Antony Sher.

This film is a recording of the National Theatre production "Primo". Adapted by Antony Sher from "If This Is A Man" by Primo Levi, it is a monologue told as a memoir by an older Primo looking back at his life in Auschwitz.

Set designer Hildegard Bechtler devised a symbolist set consisting of a single bare wall and a lone chair with variations in lighting.

The score, by British composer Jonathan Goldstein, was nominated for an Ivor Novello award.

Wilson and Sher travelled to Auschwitz whilst researching the play. Sher was confined in the back of a lorry and German actors were hired to shout orders to him in order to give him some feel of the powerlessness and confusion Levi experienced during his incarceration. Sher said that he found the play terribly draining; he refused to extend the play or to tour with it.

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