A Man Aglow (1975)

Release Date: 1975-07-24
Runtime: 1h 30min
Production Company: Sender Freies Berlin
Production Country: Germany
Director: Jonatan Briel

Vienna, March 18, 1863: the poet Friedrich Hebbel, weakened by fever, spends his fiftieth — and final — birthday confined to bed. In feverish reverie, he recalls his life and work. The two blend with each other as well as with the present. A demanding reflection, filmed mostly in monochrome images, on this "ardent man" (a description by Eduard Mörike) and his work.