My Heart Is Mine Alone

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 1, 1997

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany

Production

WDR,ARTE,Helma Sanders-Brahms Filmproduktion

Cast

Dagmar Bertram,Christian Schlemmer,Bruno Dunst,Lena Stolze,Matthias Wessolek,Leonard Schnitman,Julia Kiessling,Tomek Schulz,Rene Schubert,Stefan Ostertagand 13 more

Director

Helma Sanders-Brahms

Writer

Helma Sanders-Brahms

Producer

Christhart Burgmann,Ute Casper,Helma Sanders-Brahms

Cinematography

Roland Dressel

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0126421