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Lenz (1971) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1971 · 130 mins · German
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- Directed by
- George Moorse
- Starring
- Rolf Zacher, Michael König, Julia Heinemann, Louis Waldon, Kristin Peterson, Grischa Huber
A film adaptation of Georg Büchner’s short story follows the tormented Sturm und Drang poet Lenz as he takes shelter in the home of the compassionate Alsatian priest and philanthropist Oberlin. Beset by increasingly unbearable hallucinations, Lenz hopes the gentle clergyman can help, yet Oberlin, regarding the poet’s illness as divinely ordained, feels powerless to offer any counsel.
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