Egon Schiele – Exzess und Bestrafung (1981)

Original title

Egon Schiele - Exzesse

Directed by

Herbert Vesely

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

Germany, France, Austria

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set in Austria before and during World War I, this film follows the artist Egon Schiele through his obsessive relationships with women. It shows how his uncontrolled passions for sex, alcohol, and emotion lead to the ruin of those around him and himself.

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What happens

Egon Schiele – Exzess und Bestrafung, also known as Egon Schiele – Excess and Punishment (English) and Egon Schiele, enfer et passion (French) is a 1980 film based on the life of the Austrian artist Egon Schiele. Set in Austria during the years immediately prior to and during the Great War, the film stars Mathieu Carrière as Schiele, with Jane Birkin as his muse Walburga (Wally) Neuzil, Christine Kaufmann as his wife Edith, and Kristina van Eyck as Edith's sister. Essentially a depiction of obsession and its constituents of sex, alcohol, and uncontrolled emotions, the film portrays Schiele as an agent of social change leading to the destruction of those he loves and ultimately of himself. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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