Käthe Kollwitz – Pictures of a Life

Käthe Kollwitz – Pictures of a Life

96 mins | Drama, History | April 23, 1987

Kathe Kollwitz was 47 years old, and already a well established artist in Germany and abroad when Peter, her youngest son, volunteered to join the German army in WWI and was killed two weeks later. This painful tragedy changed Kollwitz's life and art forever.

Käthe Kollwitz – Pictures of a Life

96 mins | Drama, History | April 23, 1987

Käthe Kollwitz – Pictures of a Life
Kathe Kollwitz was 47 years old, and already a well established artist in Germany and abroad when Peter, her youngest son, volunteered to join the German army in WWI and was killed two weeks later. This painful tragedy changed Kollwitz's life and art forever.
Producers DEFA
Original title Käthe Kollwitz – Bilder eines Lebens
Directors Ralf Kirsten
Writers Ralf Kirsten

Cast

Jutta Wachowiak

as Käthe Kollwitz

Fred Düren

as Karl Kollwitz

Gerd Baltus

as Sander

Matthias Freihof

as Peter Kollwitz

Detlef Bierstedt

as SA-Mann

Rolf Ludwig

as Gestapobeamter

Eckhard Becker

as Kritiker