The Kleist File

The Kleist File

52 mins | Drama, Documentary, History | March 16, 2011

Kleist's death at Wannsee - a spectacular case that has disturbed and fascinated posterity to this day. The German poet is found shot - what does that mean? What exactly happened on the afternoon of November 21, 1811 at Kleiner Wannsee? What do you know about the woman who died with him?

The Kleist File

52 mins | Drama, Documentary, History | March 16, 2011

The Kleist File
Kleist's death at Wannsee - a spectacular case that has disturbed and fascinated posterity to this day. The German poet is found shot - what does that mean? What exactly happened on the afternoon of November 21, 1811 at Kleiner Wannsee? What do you know about the woman who died with him?
Producers Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion
Original title Die Akte Kleist
Directors Torsten Striegnitz
Writers Hedwig Schmutte, Simone Dobmeier, Torsten Striegnitz

Cast

Alexander Beyer

as Heinrich von Kleist

Meret Becker

as Henriette Vogel

Nina Hoss

as Narrator