Packet 7: Tossup 6

A work in this language inspired the title of a 1944 film in which two American and British sergeants pursue a man who poured glue on a “Land Girl’s” hair. (15[1])A director played the author of a work in this language in a film (15[1])whose British actors were dubbed in Lombard, a dialect considered posh. In a film based on a work in this language, the camera pans 360 degrees to depict the seasons as the protagonist is tied up at the foot of a tree. In a film based on a work (15[1])in this language, (-5[1])a woman who creates an upside-down portrait of the protagonist using a camera obscura (-5[1])asks for his semen-stained (15[1])sash. (15[2])Works written (-5[1])in (-5[1])Italian, (*) Arabic, and this language were the bases for Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Trilogy of Life. (10[1])At the end of a film based on a work in this language starring an actor of Indian descent, a bell chimes (10[1])after the title character says, “Well done. Now … off with your head.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this language of the work that inspired David Lowery’s The Green Knight. ■END■ (10[2]0[2])

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