Anekdote aus dem letzten preußischen Kriege (1995) [N/A]
Featuring:
Andreas Lechner, Marte von Have, Gustav-Peter Wöhler
Written by:
Zoltan Spirandelli
Heinrich von Kleist
Directed by:
Zoltan Spirandelli
Release Date:
February 17, 1995
Original Title:
Anekdote aus dem letzten preußischen Kriege
Genres:
Drama
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 8
Based on a text by Heinrich von Kleist.
"Anekdote..." is an excellent experimental short after a classic German short story by Heinrich von Kleist. The original story takes you about eight minutes to read and that's exactly the duration of the film. While an off-speaker recites the story, the action set in the Anglo-Prussian war against Napoleon in the early 19. century develops in the same speed. Basically every comma is a shot, every half-sentence a cut.The story told deals with an incident about a lone officer of the Prussian husars. The cavalry-man bravely enters an almost deserted village already taken by French troops and one-handedly and with great calmness engages three Frenchmen while ordering some snack and drink while the pub-owner starts panicking to get him out in the face of the foreign invaders.
