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Release: October 09, 2019
Runtime: 11 min
Status: Released
The Angel of History
2019
11 min
Overview
In 1921, German philosopher Walter Benjamin purchased a painting Angelus Novus by the Swiss-German artist Paul Klee. Benjamin admired it and described it in detail in his essay “Theses on the Philosophy of History.” The picture portrays a restless angel who tasted reality. For a moment the angel freezes as if observing the inevitable turns of history. German director Eric Esser filmed at the Spanish-French border, which used to be a place of smuggling routes. It is across this border Walter Benjamin once escaped from the Nazis too.
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Documentary
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- Germany
Spoken Languages
- German de
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Eric Esser
Director
Eric Esser
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