Pierrot, the Harlequin and Don Quixote come from Berlin. They are the actors in Harald Metzkes’ paintings, the parable-like characters in the great tragicomedy of human life, the ambivalent interplay between 'black and white' in daily as well as political life. Using characters from literature, mythology and the circus, Metzkes rejected the ideological appropriation of the GDR state apparatus. His melancholic sensualism made him a protagonist of the Berlin School. Reiner E. Moritz visited the 'Cézannist' shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. In conversation with Metzkes, he traces the life and work of one of East Germany's most lyrical artists.
Reiner E. Moritz
Director
McQueen74%
Sidney70%
The Cheshire Murders65%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Sherman's March67%
Love, Antosha74%
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home67%
Night Will Fall76%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Public Speaking70%
Extremis69%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
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Mifune: The Last Samurai71%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
The Captains63%
My Mom Jayne80%
Looking for Richard68%
Black Sheep72%
180° South72%
