Film
The Angel of History
2019 · 11m · Documentary
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- 6.6
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Overview
In 1921, German philosopher Walter Benjamin purchased a painting Angelus Novus by the Swiss-German artist Paul Klee. Benjamin admired it and described it in detail in his essay “Theses on the Philosophy of History.” The picture portrays a restless angel who tasted reality. For a moment the angel freezes as if observing the inevitable turns of history. German director Eric Esser filmed at the Spanish-French border, which used to be a place of smuggling routes. It is across this border Walter Benjamin once escaped from the Nazis too.
Crew
- Eric EsserDirector · Screenplay
- Evelyn RackEditor
Details
- Release date
- October 9, 2019
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- German
- Runtime
- 11m
- Genres
- Documentary
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