Film
Heinrich Penthesilea von Kleist
1983 · 2h 24m
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Overview
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.
Cast
Elisabeth Trissenaar
Penthesilea
Hermann Treusch
Achilles
Verena Peter
Prothoe
Lieselotte Rau
Oberpriesterin
Nicole Heesters
Asteria
Berta Drews
Oberste
Crew
- Hans NeuenfelsWriter · Director
Details
- Release date
- February 25, 1983
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- German
- Runtime
- 2h 24m
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