CinemaOSMovie · 1988 · 0h 4m

Der Auftrag

Documentary

This documentary reports on the master potter Otto Engelmann from Klingmühl, who was commissioned to make black painted clay heads of Karl Marx in the spring of 1973. Engelmann briefly explains the individual work steps from mixing the casting slip to firing the clay heads and then painting them. An old craft is vividly captured on camera and accompanied by original sou

Directed byJochen Kraußer

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 4m
Language
DE
Released
September 29, 1988
Studios
DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme

Featuring

Cast & crew

1 credited
Starring
Gerry Wolff

Gerry Wolff

Narrator (voice)

Creative team
Directed by
Jochen Kraußer
Written by
Jochen Kraußer

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