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Movie poster: Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend (1923)
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Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend

1923 · 111 min Drama Comedy
5.0 / 10 · TMDB

In his film version, Curt Goetz shifts the focus away from the poetic output towards the young Friedrich Schiller himself: on the misery of his soul whilst a pupil of the ducal military academy, his opposition to the strict physical drill and the narrow intellectual confines of the "Karlsschule", his juvenile passion for the works of Shakespeare, Klopstock and Lessing, his anger at unjust authorities, his devotion to women, and finally his inability to cope with financial matters

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Year 1923
Country Germany
Genre Drama, Comedy
Director Curt Goetz
Runtime 111 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.0/10 (2 votes)

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Curt Goetz constructs a biographical drama that relies on the inner world and mundane contradictions of the young genius rather than his poetic output. The film explores a rebellious spirit trapped within a system through personal anguish and intellectual awakenings.

What lingers after viewing is the portrait of Schiller not as a monument, but as a living, suffering, and passionate man. The focus on formative struggles makes the historical figure feel intimately relatable. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Curt Goetz

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