Klimt & Schiele: Eros and Psyche (2018)

1918. As the roar of the First World War cannons is dying out, in Vienna, the heart of Central Europe, a golden age comes to an end. The Austro-Hungarian Empire is beginning to disintegrate... See full summary »

Director:

Michele Mally

Writer:

Arianna Marelli

Stars:

Lorenzo Richelmy, Maxi Blaha, Rudolf Buchbinder

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Lorenzo Richelmy	...	Self - Narrator
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maxi Blaha	...	Attrice
Rudolf Buchbinder	...	Self
Lily Cole	...	Self
Monika Faber	...	Self
Bryan Gilliam	...	Self
Eric Kandel	...	Self (as Eric R. Kandel)
Jane Kullir	...	Self
Elisabeth Leopold	...	Self
Astrid Mahler	...	Self
Therese Muxeneder	...	Self
Peter Rath	...	Self
Elisabeth Schmuttermaier	...	Self
Klaus Albrecht Schröder	...	Self
Katja Sinkovic	...	Self - Pianist

Storyline

1918. As the roar of the First World War cannons is dying out, in Vienna, the heart of Central Europe, a golden age comes to an end. The Austro-Hungarian Empire is beginning to disintegrate. On the night of October 31st, in the bed of his home, Egon Schiele dies, one of the 20 million deaths caused by the Spanish flu. He dies looking at the invisible evil in the face, in the only he can do: painting it. He is 28 years old. Only a few months earlier, the main hall of the Secession building had welcomed his works: 19 oil paintings and 29 drawings. His first successful exhibition, a celebration of a new painting idea that portrays the restlessness and desires of mankind.A few months earlier, his teacher and friend Gustav Klimt had died. From the turn of the century, he had fundamentally changed the feeling of art and founded a new group: the Secession. The documentary film Klimt & Schiele - Eros and Psyche, will recount this extraordinary season: a magical moment for art, literature, and...

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

Not Rated

User Reviews

This movie could have worked, but it didn't.

Klimt & Schiele - Eros and Psyche (2018) is a documentary directed by Michele Mally.

Many people know the name Gustav Klimt because he was a great painter, and because of the movie Woman in Gold (2015), starring Helen Mirren. Klimt's contemporary, Egon Schiele is not as well known.

The movie somehow tries to weave their art into a tapestry of their era. New names appear and disappear, and it's hard to understand how person A relates to person B, or C, or D.

More exasperating is that Klimt and Schiele were painters in the Art Nouveau style. The film uses the German term, Jugendstil, but never defines it.

Art Nouveau or Jugendstil was a major artistic movement from 1890 until WW I Klimt and Schiele were key players. I find it bizarre that this isn't made apparent anywhere in the movie.

This is a film worth seeing if you're interested in art, and, especially Art Nouveau. It's not a terrible film, but not a great one either.

We saw the movie at a special showing at Rochester's wonderful Little Theatre. Because it's about art, it will work better on a large screen than on a small screen. Klimt and Schiele were great artists. I wish director Mally had made a great film about them.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

22 October 2018 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Klimt & Schiele: Eros and Psyche

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$690,081

Company Credits

Production Co:

3D Produzioni, Nexo Digital

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color