Release Date

25 Feb, 1983

Runtime

02:24: (HH:MM)

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.

Original Title

Heinrich Penthesilea von Kleist

Photos

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Actors

Elisabeth Trissenaar

Hermann Treusch

Verena Peter

Lieselotte Rau

Nicole Heesters

Berta Drews

Crew

Hans Neuenfels

Hans Neuenfels

Pia Frankenberg

Pia Frankenberg