After the essay "On Marionette theatre" by Heinrich von Kleist. The film focuses on Kleist himself, torn apart, searching for knowledge, for identity, trapped in his loneliness and self-absorption, jumping over walls, making grimaces, cruelty, suffering.
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Cast
Hans-Michael Rehberg
Herr C
Elisabeth Trissenaar
Europa
Bernhard Minetti
Mann mit S
Ulrich Wildgruber
Prediger
Mathieu Carrière
Von Clausewitz
Irm Hermann
Elisabeth von Bayern
Lola Müthel
Shinx
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Marionette
Ingo Hülsmann
Heinrich von Kleist
Barbara Morawiecz
Portiersfrau
Hans Martin Stier
Portier
Johanna Karl-Lory
alte Frau
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