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Peter Nagel

2014 · 54 min

A quiet, curious stroll through an artist's world, more interested in people and memory than in spectacle.

Directed by
Christian Mertens
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Peter Nagel
Overview
Peter Nagel is Schleswig-Holstein's most famous painter and a founding member of the artist group "Zebra," which launched New Realism in Germany in the 1960s. His "greatest" work is a ceiling painting that has adorned the ceiling of a school in Kiel since the mid-1970s. Director Christian Mertens, himself a former pupil there, returns to his old school 25 years later and immerses himself in the world of Peter Nagel: How do you do something like that? Who does something like that? And what kind of person is he?

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Christian Mertens
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Peter Nagel
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    Themes
    • art
    • memory
    • identity
    • aging
    Places
    • school
    • small town
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension1
    Darkness2
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Christian Mertens
    Starring
    Peter Nagel
    Cinematography
    Till Vielrose
    Runtime
    54 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German

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