Schiele in Prison (1980)

Directed by

Mick Gold

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

50 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A dramatization of artist Egon Schiele's imprisonment in 1911. It examines his prison diary and questions its authenticity.

intimatecontemplativestarkhistorically groundedreflectiveausterevisually restrained

What happens

Schiele in Prison is a 1980 British independent film directed by Mick Gold and starring David Suchet as Gustav Klimt, Grant Cathro as Egon Schiele and Nicholas Selby as The Judge. The film dramatises the imprisonment of Schiele in Neulengbach in 1911, and looks at the authenticity of Schiele's prison diary, which was published after his death. The film was funded and produced by the Film Office of the Arts Council of Great Britain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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