Helma Sanders-Brahms directs this inventive film that uses the verse of Jewish poet Else Lasker-Schüler and Nazi poet Gottfried Benn to dramatize the passionate, real-life affair between the two unlikely lovers. Forced out of Germany, Lasker-Schüler makes her way to Jerusalem even as Benn discovers the true nature of the Nazi ideology he had once championed. Lena Stolze and Cornelius Obonya star.
Released: Sep 01, 1997
Runtime: 100 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Nicolai Albrecht, Janina Berge, Dagmar Bertram, Klaus Bunk, Bruno Dunst, Oliver Grice
Crew: Helma Sanders-Brahms (Director), Helma Sanders-Brahms (Writer), Christhart Burgmann (Producer), Ute Casper (Producer), Helma Sanders-Brahms (Producer), Angelika Flacke (Music)