Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden
2016 · Movie · 105 min · ★ 6.7 · 64% critics
In 1910 Vienna, a young painter rises quickly while pushing against social norms with bold, erotic work. As fascination and outrage grow around him, the story follows an artist testing the limits of freedom, fame, and public acceptance.
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Details
- Original title
- Egon Schiele: Tod und Mädchen
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-10-07
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 64/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (103 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy historical artist dramas with a provocative edge and the mood of Final Portrait or Nightwatching; Not for you if erotic themes or slower, character-focused period stories are a turnoff.
Pros: provocative art-world story; bold central figure; rich period setting | Cons: limited plot detail; potentially unsettling themes; niche historical focus
Themes
- biography
- vienna, austria
- art model
- nude modeling
- 1910s
- painter as artist
- portrait of an artist
- brother sister relationship
Cast & crew
Noah Saavedra
as Egon Schiele
Maresi Riegner
as Gerti Schiele
Valerie Pachner
as Wally Neuziel
Larissa Breidbach
as Moa Mandu
Marie Jung
as Edith Harms
Elisabeth Umlauft
as Adele Harms
Thomas Schubert
as Anton Peschka
Daniel Sträßer
as Dom Osen
Nina Proll
as Variety Show Director
Cornelius Obonya
as Gustav Klimt
Directed by Dieter Berner