Gerhard Maerz
2021Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Harry Baer, Ingrid Caven
Reflected in an artificial and bombastically staged illusory world with Wagnerian compositions, glossy and satirical time references, 19th century German figures and traditions are stripped of their mythology and interpreted by the Germany of 1972.
Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
Even Dwarfs Started Small
Werner Herzog
Helmut Döring, Paul Glauer
The inhabitants of an institution in a remote country rebel against their keepers. Their acts of rebellion are by turns humorous, boring and alarming. An allegory on the problematic nature of fully liberating the human spirit, as both commendable and disturbing elements of our nature come forward. The film shows how justifiable revolt may be empowering, but may also turn to chaos and depravity. The allegory is developed in part by the fact that the film is cast entirely with dwarfs
Even Dwarfs Started Small
