My Heart Is Mine Alone

My Heart Is Mine Alone

Mein Herz - Niemandem!
🎞️ Movie 90 min DE
โ˜… 6.6 /10 1997

The life of Jewish Expressionist poet and performance artist, Else Lasker-Schüler (1869-1945), told chronologically in vignettes given context by archival footage of turn-of-the-century Germany, World War I, and the ascent of the Third Reich. Her poetry often comprises the soundtrack. We see her in relation to men: her first husband, whom she leaves after her son is born; artists like Chagall and Franz Marc; an older muse and then a second husband; and, Gottfried Benn (1886 - 1956), physician and poet. Benn's life is also chronicled: homosexual encounters, his attraction to Else and the Berlin scene, and his politics. Her poems addressed to him define this cultural moment.

Cast

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Nicolai Albrecht
Marc Chagall
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Janina Berge
Else als Kind
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Dagmar Bertram
Mitglied der Familie Lasker
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Klaus Bunk
Herwarth Walden
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Bruno Dunst
Professor
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Oliver Grice
Pastor Benn
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Julia Kiessling
Elses Schwester
Cornelius Obonya
Cornelius Obonya
Gottfried Benn
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Stefan Ostertag
Franz Marc
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Sabine Panzer
Nell Walden
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Angelika Flacke
Composer
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Eckard Koltermann
Composer
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Peter Kowald
Composer
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Roland Dressel
Cinematographer