A Man Aglow
Genre: DramaRuntime: 1h 30mRelease: 24th July, 1975
Directors: Jonatan BrielLanguages: GermanCountry: GermanyPlot: Vienna, March 18, 1863: the poet Friedrich Hebbel, weakened by fever, spends his fiftieth — and final — birthday confined to bed. In feverish reverie, he recalls his life and work. The two blend with each other as well as with the present. A demanding reflection, filmed mostly in monochrome images, on this "ardent man" (a description by Eduard Mörike) and his work.
Company: Sender Freies Berlin, Literarisches Colloquium Berlin e.V.
