The Kleist File
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52mins
Directed by
Torsten Striegnitz,
Starring
Alexander Beyer,
Meret Becker,
Nina Hoss,
Kleist's death at Wannsee - a spectacular case that has disturbed and fascinated posterity to this day. The German poet is found shot - what does that mean? What exactly happened on the afternoon of November 21, 1811 at Kleiner Wannsee? What do you know about the woman who died with him?