Drama ·History · Germany · 2025 · 1h 45m

Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting

Leibniz - Chronik eines verschollenen Bildes

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Director
Edgar Reitz
Cast
Edgar Selge as Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Aenne Schwarz as Aaltje Van De Meer Lars Eidinger as Pierre-Albert Delalandre Michael Kranz as Liebfried Cantor Antonia Bill as Königin Sophie Charlotte von Preußen Barbara Sukowa as Kurfürstin Sophie von Hannover
Crew
Matthias Grunsky — Director of Photography Anja Pohl — Editor Edgar Reitz — Writer Gert Heidenreich — Writer Christian Reitz — Producer Ingo Fliess — Producer
Synopsis

Out of her love for the great thinker Leibniz, Queen Charlotte commissions a portrait of him. During the portrait sessions, the philosopher and the young painter engage in a passionate struggle for truth in image and likeness, and ultimately for love and death.

Mood & Themes
philosophybased on true storyportrait drawing
Key Collaborators
Edgar Reitz Director Matthias Grunsky Director of Photography Anja Pohl Editor Edgar Reitz Writer Gert Heidenreich Writer Christian Reitz Producer Ingo Fliess Producer Renate Schmaderer Production Design Esther Amuser Costume Design
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