Funeral Scene

[Clemens]

I watched this ridiculous movie over the weekend, mostly because I'm a fan of Nigel Green, but the funeral scene in the beginning (about one minute in) intrigued me. From what I can hear/understand, the priest is just saying random sentences and phrases from Christian texts, but isn't actually reciting any prayers for the dead I can find in the 1920 Missal. If anyone cares to have a listen, let me know what you think.

 

[Pacifica]

this ridiculous movie

Blocked in my country.

 

[cinefactus]

Blocked here too. I got on with a VPN, but I don't know about the provenance of the readings.

 

[Inak]

Found it here:

The recited text can be found here (last few lines). It's an 18th century Latin translation of the Book of Common Prayer. As the movie is set in 17th century Hungary, I guess it's both anachronistic and anatopistic.

 

[Clemens]

It is a Hammer film, so not totally surprising.

 

[Clemens]

That's some hat he's wearing (Nigel Green) in the funeral scene.