Heinrich Penthesilea von Kleist
GER 1983, 144 min
After the tragedy “Penthesilea” by Heinrich von Kleist.
Synopsis
The centre of Hans Neuenfels film is Kleist’s “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. Bringing his own associations during the work in, Hans Neuenfels blends reality and fantasy to an imaginary biography of Kleist. Fix identifications mix up as the main protagonists more and more assimilate to Kleist himself.
Credits
Director and Screenplay
Hans Neuenfels
With
Elisabeth Trissenaar, Hermann Treusch, Hans Neuenfels, Verena Peter, Lieselotte Rau, Nicole Heesters, Ulrich Haß, Jörg Holm, Edith Robbers, Charlotte Joeres, Berta Drews, Holger Madin, Hans-Eckart Eckhardt, Hans-Joachim Grubel, Honor Maier, Stefan Wieland sowie Susanne Lietz, Thomas Krummnow, Benedict Neuenfels, Carlo Rola, Michael Schmiedl, Paul Schmitz
Director of Photography
Thomas Mauch
B/W-Camera
Frank Banuscher, Rainer Stuhlmacher
Assistant Camera
Siegmar Brüggenthies
Editor
Dörte Völz
Assistant Editor
Jeanette Menzel
Music
Heiner Goebbels
Production Design
Hans Neuenfels, Anna Viebrock
Props
Beate Ollesch
Costume
Anna Viebrock
Make-up Artist
Veronika Wildt, Peter Born
Sound
Detlev Fichtner, Uwe Griem
Assistant Sound
Uwe Griem
Sound Mix
Hans-Dieter Schwarz
Assistant Director
Pia Frankenberg, Heinz Rudolf Müller
Production Manager
Carlo Rola
Producers
Regina Ziegler, Siegfried Kienzle (ZDF), Andreas Bareiss
Produced by
Regina Ziegler Filmproduktion, ZDF
DVD-Details
Extras
Hans Neuenfels and Benedict Neuenfels about the Kleist-Trilogy (15 min)
Language
German
Subtitles
English
Country Code
Code-free
System
PAL / Color + b/w
Length
144 min + 15 min Extras
Aspect Ratio
1:1,66
Sound Format
DD 2.0
Content
Digipack (Set Content: 1), 20-pages Booklet
Release Date
22.11.2013
Rating
From 6 Years
