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Jan 8, 2015 · At almost three hours, “Beloved Sisters,” written and directed by Dominik Graf, is a very nearly epic romance, one that approaches the idea of a ménage-a-trois as emblematic of a particular idealism on the part of its participants rather than a hotsy-totsy taboo-busting arrangement.
Over the course of almost three hours, Graf recounts the efforts of Schiller and the Lengefeld sisters to maintain the romantic love kindled during the summer they spend together not far from Weimar, the intellectual center of a country not yet born.
Jan 7, 2015 · Set on the cusp of both the Weimar Classicism literary movement and the French Revolution, Beloved Sisters posits a world in the midst of a socio-political sea change. The young, naive...
Jan 8, 2015 · As lengthy and passionate as a drawn-out kiss, “Beloved Sisters” is a beautifully made romantic drama set in 18th century Germany that’s smart, sensual and emotionally resonant.
Sep 22, 2014 · Dominik Graf's Beloved Sisters (Die geliebten Schwestern) sharply re-invents the costume drama with an historical fiction centered around the ménage-à-trois love story between writer Friedrich Schiller (Florian Stetter) and the sisters Caroline and Charlotte von Lengefeld.
The beloved sisters of the title are Caroline and Charlotte von Lengefeld, the real life lovers of classical German writer Friedrich Schiller, who was chums with Goethe. Both sisters fall for the shabby poet as he spends the summer at their family home.
Apr 8, 2015 · To the upper crust of Rudolstadt, where the Lengefeld sisters and their widowed mother reside, poets are rock stars: when Goethe breaks off a relationship with Charlotte and Caroline’s mother,...
