Elisabeth Trissenaar
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Achilles and Penthesilea (1801), by Bertel Thorvaldsen Penthesilea is an 1808 tragedy by the German playwright Heinrich von Kleist about the mythological Amazon queen, Penthesilea , described as an exploration of sexual frenzy. [1]
- Heinrich von Kleist, Joel Agee, Maurice Sendak
- 1808
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Feb 25, 1983 · Top cast. Elisabeth Trissenaar. Penthesilea. Hermann Treusch. Achilles. Verena Peter. Prothoe. Lieselotte Rau. Oberpriesterin.
- Hans Neuenfels
- 1983-02-25
- Drama
- 144
The treatment of Penthesilea that has received most critical attention since the early twentieth century is the drama Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist, who cast its "precipitously violent tempo" in the form of twenty-four consecutive scenes without formal breaks into acts. In Kleist's Penthesilea, however, Achilles is slain by Penthesilea ...
The film interweaves three layers: the centre is Kleist's play "Penthesilea". Like from a distance Kleist observes the relationship beween man and woman, when he transfers into mythical Greece what in his time became a problem for him in Prussia - and remains to be a problem also for us.
premiere 18 Jun 2023. Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist is considered one of the masterpieces of the world theatre repertoire. In this searing drama about a fatal love, a blistering passion churns unstoppably to the surface. Kleist himself wrote about it: 'My innermost being is to be found in it, the whole filth and loftiness of my soul.'.
