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Angel Wagenstein: Art Is a Weapon. Cover Image E-video E-video

Angel Wagenstein: Art Is a Weapon.

Simon, Andrea, (film director.). Wagenstein, Angel, (actor.). DEFA Film Library (Firm), (Distributor). Kanopy (Firm), (Distributor).

Summary:

This provocative portrait of the Bulgarian-Jewish scriptwriter and novelist, Angel Wagenstein (1922-2023), offers a fresh perspective on the past century. It takes viewers down unfamiliar historical and ideological paths and revisits the revolutions of 1989 and after with a critical eye. The director introduces viewers to a brilliant and charismatic storyteller, for whom art became a form of resistance against a series of oppressive and corrupt regimes. Interviews with Wagenstein reveal his remarkable wit and intellect. Simon’s film is a must-see chronicle of a complicated history through the eyes of an artist who spoke truth to power throughout his storied career.The documentary includes clips from many of Wagenstein’s films, including his East German DEFA productions—Stars, The Little Prince, Chronicle of a Murder, Goya and Eolomea.

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  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (86 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
  • Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : DEFA Film Library, 2017.

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General Note:
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Participant or Performer Note:
Angel Wagenstein
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Originally produced by DEFA Film Library in 2017.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject: Arts.
Social sciences.
Motion pictures.
Balts (Indo-European people).
Foreign study.
Judaism.
Documentary films.
Artists.
History.
Genre: Documentary films.

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