Tabu - Es ist die Seele ein Fremdes auf Erden
Directed by Christoph Stark
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The Austrian expressionist poet Georg Trakl was in love with his sister. And she loved him back. Their relationship became sexual and caused quite a stir in the local society. But when his sister asked him to flee with her to Australia where no one knew them and they could live as husband and wife, he refused for he could not live without the beauty of the German language. Torn between his love for words and his love for Grete, Georg turned to drugs and entered a downward spiral.Read moreLess
The Austrian expressionist poet Georg Trakl was in love with his sister. And she loved him back. Their relationship became sexual and caused quite a stir in the local society. But when his sister asked him to flee with her to Australia where no one knew them and they could live as husband and wife, he refused for he could not live without the beauty of the German language. Torn between his love for words and his love for Grete, Georg turned to drugs and entered a downward spiral.
The story
The Austrian expressionist poet Georg Trakl was in love with his sister. And she loved him back. Their relationship became sexual and caused quite a stir in the local society. But when his sister asked him to flee with her to Australia where no one knew them and they could live as husband and wife, he refused for he could not live without the beauty of the German language. Torn between his love for words and his love for Grete, Georg turned to drugs and entered a downward spiral.
Cast & crew
Lars EidingerGeorg Trakl
Peri BaumeisterGrete Trakl
Rainer BockProf. Albert Brückner
Rafael Stachowiak
Petra MorzéCast
Jules WernerCast
Katharina Straßer
Susi StachCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Christoph Stark
- Writer
- Ursula Mauder
- Editor
- Thierry Faber
- Producer
- Arno Ortmair
- Director of Photography
- Bogumił Godfrejów
- Producer
- Nicolas Steil
- Producer
- Klaus Zimmermann