Kleist Trilogy - Films By Hans Neuenfels - 3-DVD Box Set ( Die Familie oder Schroffenstein / Heinrich Penthesilea von Kleist / Europa und der zweite Apfel ) ( The Family or Schroffenstein / Heinrich Penthesilea von Kleist / The Last Seduction of Europe )

Kleist Trilogy - Films By Hans Neuenfels - 3-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Die Familie oder Schroffenstein / Heinrich Penthesilea von Kleist / Europa und der zweite Apfel
Alternate Title: The Family or Schroffenstein / Heinrich Penthesilea von Kleist / The Last Seduction of Europe
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
384 min + Extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Box Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Booklet
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1983 - 1988 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Hans Neuenfels

Written By:
Heinrich von Kleist
Hans Neuenfels

Actors:
Ulrich Wildgruber ..... Rupert
Annemarie Düringer ..... Eustache
Hermann Treusch ..... Sylvester
Sabine Sinjen ..... Gertrude
Angela Schanelec ..... Agnes
René Hofschneider ..... Ottokar
Stefan Wieland ..... Johann
Hans-Eckart Eckhardt ..... Aldöbern
Elisabeth Trissenaar ..... Penthesilea
Hermann Treusch ..... Achilles
Verena Peter ..... Prothoe
Lieselotte Rau ..... Oberpriesterin
Nicole Heesters ..... Asteria
Ulrich Haß ..... Odysseus
Jörg Holm ..... Diomedes
Edith Robberts ..... Cynthia
Charlotte Joeres ..... Meroe
Berta Drews ..... Oberste
Holger Madin ..... Antilochus
Hans-Eckart Eckhardt ..... Ätolier
Hans-Joachim Grubel ..... Adrast
Hans Neuenfels ..... Regisseur
Honor Maier ..... Agnes
Hans-Michael Rehberg ..... Herr C.
Ingo Hülsmann ..... Heinrich von Kleist
Elisabeth Trissenaar ..... Europa
Bernhard Minetti ..... Mann mit S
Ulrich Wildgruber ..... Prediger
Peter Palitzsch ..... Von Gneisenau
Mathieu Carrière ..... Von Clausewitz
Hermann Treusch ..... Von Scharnhorst
Irm Hermann ..... Elisabeth von Bayern
Lola Müthel ..... Shinx
Klaus Maria Brandauer ..... Marionette
Egon Madsen ..... Tänzer des Apoll
Eva Evdokimova ..... Tänzerin der Daphne
Emanuela von Frankenberg ..... Preußin
Tanja von Oertzen ..... Preußin

Synopsis:

HEINRICH PENTHESILEA VON KLEIST (1983)
Hans Neuenfels' adaptations of Heinrich von Kleist's "The feud of the Schroffensteins". Kleist and Penthesilea, author and figure, are the mysterious subjects the director in the film sets out to explore. Neuenfels portrays himself as searching for clues.

THE FAMILY OR SCHROFFENSTEIN (1984)
Hans Neuenfels' adaptations of Heinrich von Kleist's "Penthesilea". And so "The feud of the Schroffensteins" remained in the shadow of the thematically related Romeo and Juliet. Until director Hans Neuenfels appeared on the scene.

THE LAST SEDUCTION OF EUROPE (1988)
Hans Neuenfels' adaptations of Heinrich von Kleist's "On the Theater of Marionettes".

The Family or Schroffenstein (1984)
The two noble families, Rossitz and Warwand, are related, and since the succession of both lines has been settled by a decree stating that if one family dies out the combined property shall go to the surviving family, they keep close, suspicious and resentful watch upon each other. The two families are obsessed by suspicion and a deep desire for revenge. Ottokar and Agnes are children, but from different families, and they are in love. They manage to exchange costumes and each is killed by his own father in mistake of the other. When they are lying bathed in their own blood the elders finally comprehend the insanity of the delusions.

Heinrich Penthesilea von Kleist (1983)
Writer and director Hans Neuenfels created this movie by filming his stage production of Penthesilea, interspersing cinematic touches throughout his story of an Amazonian Queen fighting Achilles and the Greeks. Interestingly enough, his theater performance was enhanced by the use of film clips, and like this film, has set ancient characters into the modern world, mixing Amazonian loin cloths with Berlin city-scapes.

The Last Seduction of Europe (1988)
After the essay "On the Marionette Theater" by Heinrich von Kleist. Spectacular images which constantly oscillate between nightmarish horror and empathy and, above all, reflect the fundamental concerns of the original text: beauty and grace.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 25 February, 2014.

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