Der Auftrag
1988, German. Directed by Jochen Kraußer.
This documentary reports on the master potter Otto Engelmann from Klingmühl, who was commissioned to make black painted clay heads of Karl Marx in the spring of 1973. Engelmann briefly explains the individual work steps from mixing the casting slip to firing the clay heads and then painting them. An old craft is vividly captured on camera and accompanied by original sou
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- 0h 4m
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- German
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- Released
- 29 September 1988
- Country
- East Germany
- Written by
- Jochen Kraußer
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Der Auftrag isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 29 September 1988. (Checked 6 November 2026.)
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Der Auftrag (1988) was directed by Jochen Kraußer and stars Gerry Wolff.