Documentary · East Germany · 1967 · 20m

Seed Corn Should Not Be Ground – A Portrait of Käthe Kollwitz

Saatfrüchte sollen nicht vermahlen werden

Seed Corn Should Not Be Ground – A Portrait of Käthe Kollwitz poster
Director
Kurt Tetzlaff
Cast
Gisela May as (voice) Hilmar Thate as (voice)
Crew
Rudolf Müller — Director of Photography Waltraud Hartmann — Editor Kurt Tetzlaff — Writer
Synopsis

Tetzlaff's documentary combines historic film footage and photographs with quotes from Kollwitz's diary and images of her sculptures and graphic works, including The Weavers' Revolt (1893-97), The Peasant War (1902-08), Woman with the Dead Child (1903) and War (1922-23), her famous series of seven woodcuts.

Key Collaborators
Kurt Tetzlaff Director Rudolf Müller Director of Photography Waltraud Hartmann Editor Kurt Tetzlaff Writer
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