Putting Things Straight
PUTTING THINGS STRAIGHT
Else Lasker-Schüler versus her editors
This television film describes a dispute between the expressionist German poetess, Else Lasker-Schüler and her publishers. The film takes place in Berlin before, during and after the First World War and deals with an author's rights, according to Karl Marx. "A writer is judged as productive, not on the amount of ideas he produces, but on the amount of money his publisher is able to profit from his works." Karl Marx
"Georg Brintrup's film 'Ich räume auf' is set in Berlin in the 1920s and closely follows Else Lasker-Schüler's accusation against her publishers. Film images are carefully and precisely combined with written language; a very poetic film - with a gesture of 'heroic realism' that addresses, in a highly topical way, the form of exploitation and corruption in aesthetic production, from which no genre of artwork can escape."
Monika M. Hielscher in "Medium" 10.Jg. 1980, Heft 5
The film is available for 7 € (digital streaming access) - in the original German version. After purchase, you will receive immediate access to the film.
GFR, 60', 16mm, colour
Production: WDR Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Cologne / Brintrup-Filmproduktion, Rome / Big Sky Filmproduktion, Berlin / La Bottega Cinematografica, Rome
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Gisela Stein in the role of Else Lasker-Schüler
A still from the film
Ulrich Gregor in the role of Kurt Wolff
Hans Christoph Buch in the role of Franz Werfel
Gisela Stein in the role of Else Lasker-Schüler
Gisela Stein in the role of Else Lasker-Schüler
A still from the film
Gisela Stein in the role of Else Lasker-Schüler
Gisela Stein, Udo Schneider and Luigi Branchetti in the Romanisches Café
Gisela Stein in the role of Else Lasker-Schüler
Gisela Stein in the role of Else Lasker-Schüler
Hanns Zischler in the role of Alfred Flechtheim and Willem Menne in the Romanisches Café
Harun Farocki, Hanns Zischler, Willem Menne
Gisela Stein in the role of Else Lasker-Schüler
Gisela Stein in the role of Else Lasker-Schüler