Schaffende Hände: Max Oppenheimer

Overview

In the best films of Hans Cürlis the acts of filming and painting coincide. The portrait of a portraitist. Max Oppenheimer (Mopp; 1885-1954) was a well-known portraitist and painter of musicians and orchestras. In this case he paints the portrait of Heinrich Mann, while Cürlis portrays Heinrich Mann as he is being portrayed by Mopp and Mopp as he is portraying Heinrich Mann. Thus the "Schaffende Hände" — Creative Hands — are both those of the painter and those of the film director Cürlis: these are hand-made films.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1924

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Production

Institut für Kulturforschung

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded