Movie

Der Auftrag

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

Screenplay

Jochen Kraußer

Director

Jochen Kraußer

Status

Released

Release date

29/09/1988

Original language

German