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Heinrich Penthesilea von Kleist

Film

Heinrich Penthesilea von Kleist

5.0

2h 24m

1983

Synopsis

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.

Director

Hans Neuenfels

Cast & Crew

Elisabeth Trissenaar

Elisabeth Trissenaar

as Penthesilea

Hermann Treusch

as Achilles

Verena Peter

as Prothoe

Lieselotte Rau

as Oberpriesterin

Nicole Heesters

Nicole Heesters

as Asteria

Berta Drews

Berta Drews

as Oberste

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