The Dreamed Ones

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The Dreamed Ones

2016

1h 29m

Biography

Drama

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11 Reviews

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The correspondence between two key German-language poets as read by two actors in an exploration of a doomed romance in the wake of WWII.

Tara Brady

Irish Times

03/03/2017

3/5

The Dreamed Ones is almost certainly too cerebral and specialised to appeal to anyone who doesn't have an academic interest in the Holocaust or German poetry. But, given a chance, it makes for hypnotic viewing.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

12/04/2016

4/5

The letters exchanged between the poets Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan form the basis for this intriguing exercise.

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David Jenkins

Little White Lies

12/02/2016

4/5

A film with much more to it than meets the eye.

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

01/01/2021

1.5/5

[An] odd hybrid of documentary, performance-art piece, and fictional narrative... [T]ediously dull.

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Andrea Picard

Cinema Scope

10/03/2017

One of the year's dreamiest films is also one of the most elegantly and ingeniously realized films on longing...

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Amy Wolfe

Willamette Week

02/09/2017

3/4

The Dreamed Ones is a beautiful demonstration of pure emotion and a history lesson: It's all doomed to repeat.

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Ruth Beckermann

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Anja Plaschg

Ingeborg Bachmann

Laurence Rupp

Paul Celan

Ruth Beckermann

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Ina Hartwig

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Synopsis

The correspondence between two key German-language poets as read by two actors in an exploration of a doomed romance in the wake of WWII.

Director: Ruth Beckermann
Producer: Ruth Beckermann
Screenwriter: Ruth Beckermann, Ina Hartwig
Genre: Biography, Drama
Original Language: German
Runtime: 1h 29m