Arts in Exile

Alternative title: Kunst im Exil
Synopsis: Nine short films about artists impacted by the Nazis. ARNOLD ZWEIG (Joop Huisken, 1962); Erich Fried: The Whole World Should Endure (Roland Steiner, 1988); Even Today He’d Speak His Mind (Volker Koepp, 1975); Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times (Jörg d’Bomba, 1971); Malik (Giovanni Angella, 1967); Do You Know Where Herr Kisch Is? (Eduard Schreiber, 1985); Slatan Dudow: A Film Essay about a Marxist Artist (Volker Koepp, 1974); Traces (Eduard Schreiber, 1989); Walter Ballhause: One Among Millions (Karlheinz Mund, 1982). Special features: Turn Subtitles On/Off; Biographies and Filmographies; "Exile: Nine Variations on a Theme," by Seán Allan, University of Warwick; ‘Painting with a Lens: Artists’ Film Portraits’ written 2015 interview with director Eduard Schreiber; Erich Fried: Father or Brother? by director Roland Steiner (2015).
Language: German (Standard) (German with English subtitles)
Country: Germany
Year of release: 2015
Subjects: Arts and Humanities; History
Keywords: artists; censorship; Nazi Germany; artists-German

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