Hölderlin’s Echo

A contemplative blend of interviews and poetic animation that drifts associatively through a poet's inner world, rewarding patience with quiet resonance.

Directed by

Hannes Rall, Susanne Marschall

Genres

Documentary, Animation

Starring

Ilker Arcayürek, Timo Brunke, Victoire Bunel

Tagline

An experimental documentary by Susanne Marschall and Hannes Rall

Overview

The documentary Hölderlin's Echo approaches the life and work of the well-known poet in an unusual way: In the real film parts, artists are observed and interviewed who interpret the numerous settings of Hölderlin's poems by well-known composers. Animated sequences interpret biographical sections of Hölderlin's moving life in poetic associative form. In the combination of both art forms, a complete work is created that consciously moves away from more conventional forms of geographical chronology and thus also tries to do justice to associative poetry.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest, warm and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Art, memory, identity, isolation

Content

No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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