Kathe Kollwitz

The life of Kathe Kollwitz is portrayed through her diaries and letters. Kollwitz was an artist who worked with graphic media - lithography, etching and woodcuts, and was aware of the problems of the urban working class and wanted her art to communicate directly with an audience.

Credits

production company

Cinecontact

co-director

Ron Orders

Norbert Bunge

Duration

00:45:58:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1981

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015379

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Biographical films

Biographical

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Germany

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Study and teaching

Crafts & Visual Arts → Etching

Crafts & Visual Arts → Lithography

Crafts & Visual Arts → Politics in art - Germany

Crafts & Visual Arts → Women artists

Crafts & Visual Arts → Wood-carving

Documentary

Documentary → Docudrama

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Politics in art - Germany

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Art - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

History → History

People → Biographical films

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1981

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