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The art world is confronted with a sensational discovery – a hundred years too late! How could it happen, that an artist who discovered abstract painting at the beginning of the 20th century remained largely unnoticed? Hilma af Klint’s first abstract painting is dated 1906, four years before that of Vassily Kandinsky. Why was she ignored?
This is the first film about her life and work. It investigates the role accorded to women in art history and asks why Hilma af Klint was scandalously denied the status of a pioneer of modern art. And how this recognition is now finally taking place. Today her exhibitions are attracting millions of people worldwide.
The cinematic approach of her paintings reveals an artist who is seeking for meaning in life beyond the visible. Hilma af Klint’s clairvoyant work developed a unique visual world and more than 25.000 pages of notes reveal a boundless thinking that led into an outstanding oeuvre.Her timeless paintings cross all conventional borders and resonate with our innermost feelings today.
Original Release
03/21/2019
US Release
04/10/2020
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ernst Peter Fischer | Self - Science Historian / Self |
| Julia Voss | Self / Self - Art Critic |
| Anna Laestadius Larsson | Self - Author / Self |
| Valeria Napoleone | Self - Art Collector / Self |
| Josiah McElheny | Self / Self - Artist |
| Iris Müller-Westermann | Self / Self - Director - Moderna Museet Malmö |
| Ulla af Klint | Self - Nephew's Wife / Self |
| Johan Af Klint | Self - Grandnephew / Self |
| Eva-Lena Bengtsson | Self - Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts / Self |
| Anna Maria Bernitz | Self - Art Historian / Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ernst Peter Fischer | Self - Science Historian / Self |
| Julia Voss | Self / Self - Art Critic |
| Anna Laestadius Larsson | Self - Author / Self |
| Valeria Napoleone | Self - Art Collector / Self |
| Josiah McElheny | Self / Self - Artist |
| Iris Müller-Westermann | Self / Self - Director - Moderna Museet Malmö |
| Ulla af Klint | Self - Nephew's Wife / Self |
| Johan Af Klint | Self - Grandnephew / Self |
| Eva-Lena Bengtsson | Self - Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts / Self |
| Anna Maria Bernitz | Self - Art Historian / Self |
| Elisabet Ersmann | Self - Grandniece / Self |
| Marie Cassel | Self |
| Brigitta Giertta | Self |
| Ceri Hand | Self - Gallerist / Self |
| Petra Hultgren | Voice of Hilma af Klint / Hilma af Klint |
| Emilia Schlosser | Hilma af Klint / Performance Hilma af Klint |
| Christian Kaiser | Voice of Wassily Kandinsky / Wassily Kandinsky |
| Sylvia Schwarz | Voice of Peggy Kloppers / Peggy Kloppers |
| Feliks Norski | Self - Artist |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Alexandra Dewart | Executive Producer |
| Halina Dyrschka | Executive Producer |
| Manfred Dyrschka | Executive Producer |
| Eva Illmer | Executive Producer |
| Eva Illmer | Producer |
| Manfred Dyrschka | Producer |
| Alexandra Dewart | Producer |
| Halina Dyrschka | Producer |
Editors
