(Heinrich Penthesilea von Kleist)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Germany

Genres:

Runtime:

144 minutes

Year:

1983

Directors:

Hans Neuenfels

Production companies:

ZDF,

Ziegler Film

Actors:

Penthesilea

Achilles

Prothoe

Oberpriesterin

Asteria

Crews:

Director

Writer

Assistant Director

Script Supervisor