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The Angel of History (2019)
Directed by Eric Esser
Documentary · 11m
In 1921, German philosopher Walter Benjamin purchased a painting Angelus Novus by the Swiss-German artist Paul Klee. Benjamin admired it and described it in detail in his essay “Theses on the Philosophy of History.” The picture portrays a restless angel who tasted reality. For a moment the angel freezes as if observing the inevitable turns of history. German director Eric Esser filmed at the Spanish-French border, which used to be a place of smuggling routes. It is across this border Walter Benjamin once escaped from the Nazis too.
Crew
- Director
- Eric Esser
- Screenplay
- Eric Esser
- Editor
- Evelyn Rack
Details
- Original title
- Der Engel der Geschichte
- Release date
- 2019-10-09
- Runtime
- 11m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- MakeShiftMovies