Seed Corn Should Not Be Ground – A Portrait of Käthe Kollwitz (1967)

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Tetzlaff's documentary combines historic film footage and photographs with quotes from Kollwitz's diary and images of her sculptures and graphic works, including The Weavers' Revolt (1893-97), The Peasant War (1902-08), Woman with the Dead Child (1903) and War (1922-23), her famous series of seven woodcuts.

Production

DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme