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Heinrich Penthesilea von Kleist

Heinrich Penthesilea von Kleist

19832h 24m

Status

Released

Release

1983

Runtime

2h 24m

Storyline

The film interweaves three layers: the centre is Kleist's play "Penthesilea". Like from a distance Kleist observes the relationship beween man and woman, when he transfers into mythical Greece what in his time became a problem for him in Prussia - and remains to be a problem also for us. The director's associations during the work form the second layer. Reality and fantasy blend to an imaginary biography of Kleist, the third layer. At the end of the film Kleist is identical with his title character Penthesilesa.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
2h 24m
Feb 25, 1983
Languages
German
Production
Production Countries
Germany