Käthe Kollwitz – Pictures of a Life
1987 · 1h 36m · N/A
Drama, History
Directed by
Ralf Kirsten
Overview
Kathe Kollwitz was 47 years old, and already a well established artist in Germany and abroad when Peter, her youngest son, volunteered to join the German army in WWI and was killed two weeks later. This painful tragedy changed Kollwitz's life and art forever.
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