Wie zwei fröhliche Luftschiffer
Released: July 5, 1969Runtime: 85 minLanguage: DE
The double suicide of Heinrich von Kleist and his companion Henriette Vogel on November 21, 1811 at the Kleiner Wannsee in Berlin is the focus of this film. Based on testimonies from the preparation days and the day of the suicide, as well as the statements of the Wannsee innkeepers taken from the police records, the suicides are reconstructed - from the planning to the execution.
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Jurgen Wegner
as Heinrich von Kleist
Maria Milde
as Henriette Vogel
Rolf Bentzien
as Karl Leopold von Köckeritz Generaladjutant Friedr. Wilh. III.
Vincent Kluwe
as Prinz von Homburg
Franz H Braun
as Gastwirt Johann Friedrich Stimming
Hilde Braun
as Friederike Stimming
Hannelore Dahlmeyer
as Dienstmädchen M.L. Feilenhauer
Willi Grenda
as Tagelöhner Riebisch
Irmgard Schwarz
as Ehefrau des Tagelöhners Riebisch
Claus Schmidt
as Ernst von Pfuel, Kleists Freund
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