Dichterliebe

movie

In Dichterliebe (2000), a film by Oliver Herrmann based on Robert Schumann’s song-cycle of the same name, the boundaries between song recital and reality blur. The chosen setting – a night club in the centre of Berlin – creates the intimate, dark salon atmosphere in which the songs might also have been performed at the time they were written. Returning to origins in this way, the film departs from the concert atmosphere in which song-recitals are normally performed nowadays.

Cast & crew

Robert Hunger-Bühler · Christine Schäfer · Oliver Herrmann · Heinrich Heine · Natascha Osterkorn

Studios & networks

ARTE · Arthaus Musik · Eins54 Film GmbH · Schweizer Fernsehen (FS) · Sender Freies Berlin