Learning on ScreenStein
- Synopsis
- Feature film. Ernst Stein (Ludwig) is a classical actor on the East German stage, but becomes so disgusted by the use of his country’s soldiers to help put down the 1968 freedom movement in Czechoslovakia that he walks off the stage in the middle of a performance of King Lear. He lives in seclusion in his country house, surrounded by young admirers, where he drifts into madness.
- Language
- German (Standard)
- Country
- Germany
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1991
- Duration
- 108 mins
Credits
- Director
- Egon Gunther
- Producer
- Herbert Ehler
- Cinematographer
- Erich Gusko
- Screenplay
- Egon Gunther; Helga Schutz
- Cast
Rolf Ludwig Stein (Lear)
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- King Lear
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- Like the film’s leading character, director Egon Gunther walked away from his career in disgust, and emigrated to West Germany and freedom. The reunification of Germany allowed him to work with old colleagues for the first time in ten years,
- History
- Shown at the 1991 Munich Film Festival and the Berlin Internationale Filmfestspiele .
Production Company
Archive
- Name
Filmmuseum Potsdam
- collection@filmmuseum-potsdam.ge
- Web
- http://www.filmmuseum-potsdam.de External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0049 331 56704 0
- Fax
- 0049 331 56704 20
- Address
- Pappelallee 20
14469 Potsdam
Germany
Distributor (Hire)
- Name
DEFA Film Library
- defaorder@german.umass.edu
- Web
- http://www.umass.edu/defa/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 413-545-6681
- Fax
- 413-577-3808
- Address
- 504 Herter Hall
University of Massachusetts Amhurst
161 Presidents Drive
Amhurst
MA 01003
USA
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