Short film
Der Auftrag
1988 · 4 min
A quiet, matter-of-fact look at an old craft, watching skilled hands shape clay with calm patience.
- Directed by
- Jochen Kraußer
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Gerry Wolff
- Overview
- This documentary reports on the master potter Otto Engelmann from Klingmühl, who was commissioned to make black painted clay heads of Karl Marx in the spring of 1973. Engelmann briefly explains the individual work steps from mixing the casting slip to firing the clay heads and then painting them. An old craft is vividly captured on camera and accompanied by original sou
- How it feels
- Measured and easy to follow.
- About
- Work, art
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
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- Directed by
- Jochen Kraußer
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Gerry Wolff
