Edith Clever

Lars Eidinger is one of Germany’s most talented and versatile actors with his love of improvisation and physical acting style. This documentary seeks to dispel some of the mystique surrounding this exceptional actor’s unique art and also provide an exciting insight into the world of theatre and filmmaking.

Edith Clever recites the complete text of The Marquise of O. by Heinrich von Kleist.

TV adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s eponymous book with Edith Clever as the only film actress.

Die Nacht ("La noche") es una película de instalación de Alemania Occidental de 1985 dirigida por Hans-Jürgen Syberberg. Consiste en un monólogo de seis horas interpretado por Edith Clever, quien lee textos de Syberberg y de muchos autores diferentes, como Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich von Kleist, Platón, Friedrich Hölderlin, Novalis, Friedrich Nietzsche, Eduard Mörike, Richard Wagner, William Shakespeare, Samuel Beckett y el jefe de Seattle. La película se proyectó fuera de competición en el Festival de Cine de Cannes de 1985.

A psychological interpretation of the opera mixing in references to the history of Germany, Wagner's life, German literature and philosophy. The action is centered around Wagner's death mask. Kundry is the main character - one might read the film as the story of her redemption rather than that of Amfortas.

Follows a woman, Lotte, who travels through Germany and seeks human connections, but is unsuccessful as every person she encounters is locked into his own world. Based on the play by Botho Strauß.

In the summer of 1939, 13-year-old Marie goes with her parents to visit her grandparents in a small town near Avignon. Marie discovers her femininity and falls for a young Jewish doctor, but he prefers Eva, Marie's mother.

Mourning for a lost relationship can be every bit as devastating as mourning for someone who has died. In this drama based on the director's own novel, a couple with an unhappy marriage agree to a trial separation. They try to patch things up, and at the same time other relationships begin to develop for them.

Siglo XIX. Norte de Italia. Julieta, la marquesa de O, es una hermosa y joven viuda que vive con sus padres. Durante el asedio de su ciudad por las tropas rusas, la Marquesa sufre un intento de violación, pero se salva gracias a la intervención de un apuesto caballero ruso, el Conde. Meses después, Julieta, inexpicablemente, está embarazada. Incapaz de aceptar esta vergüenza, su familia la echa de casa. Sin recordar contacto alguno con ningún hombre y convencida de su inocencia, Julieta deberá descubrir quién es el padre de su hijo.

A group of people from the wealthy middle class in engage in quasi intellectual quarrels and discussions trying to find some meaning in their comfortable and indolent life. Adaptation of the play by Maxim Gorky.

Adaptation of a story by Henry James.

An inexplicable showdown between two men and the downfall of a family that has moved from the prairies to the jungle of the big city.