Real Life

Beuys

1 hr. 47 min. | Documentary | Pegi 13

Joseph Beuys, the man with the hat, was the first German artist to be given a solo exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Thirty years after his death he feels like a visionary who was, and still is, ahead of his time. From previously unpublished audio and video footage Veiel creates an associative, porous portrait which, like the artist himself, opens up spaces for ideas rather than proclaiming statements.

Andres Veiel

Andres Veiel

Andres Veiel studied directing and dramaturgy at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin under Krzysztof Kieślowski. He directed his first documentary in 1992, followed by "Balagan" (Berlinale 1994) and "Black Box BRD" (Berlinale 2002). His feature film debut "If Not Us, Who" premiered in the Berlinale Competition in 2011 and won the Alfred Bauer Prize.
Languages
German, English
Subtitles
Lithuanian
Produced
2017: Germany

Film information

Director
Andres Veiel
Producers
Thomas Kufus
Screenplay
Andres Veiel
Music
Ulrich Reuter, Damian Scholl
Cinematography
Jörg Jeshel
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