The Kleist File

The Kleist File

2011 · 52 min · ★ 6.0 · History, Documentary, Drama

Kleist's death at Wannsee - a spectacular case that has disturbed and fascinated posterity to this day. The German poet is found shot - what does that mean? What exactly happened on the afternoon of November 21, 1811 at Kleiner Wannsee? What do you know about the woman who died with him?

Directed by Torsten Striegnitz · Written by Torsten Striegnitz

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