The Angel of History
2019, German. Directed by Eric Esser.
In 1921, German philosopher Walter Benjamin purchased a painting Angelus Novus by the Swiss-German artist Paul Klee. Benjamin admired it and described it in detail in his essay “Theses on the Philosophy of History.” The picture portrays a restless angel who tasted reality. For a moment the angel freezes as if observing the inevitable turns of history. German director Eric Esser filmed at the Spanish-French border, which used to be a place of smuggling routes. It is across this border Walter Benjamin once escaped from the Nazis too.
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- 0h 11m
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- Language
- German
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- Released
- 9 October 2019
- Original title
- Der Engel der Geschichte
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Eric Esser
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The Angel of History (2019) was directed by Eric Esser.