Movie Details
Original Language:German
Production Companies:ZDF
Jonatan Briel's Lenz – A German Physiognomy
DirectorJonatan Briel
WriterJonatan Briel
1 hr 38 min
Plot
A portrait of the life of Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751–1792), a playwright of the Sturm und Drang period and friend of the young Goethe, with evident parallels to the life of the filmmaker himself. Lenz's progressive mental deterioration and his tragic trajectory are central to the film.
