Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting (2025)

  • 6
  • 02/19/2025 (DE)
  • Drama, History
  • 1h 45m

Overview

Out of her love for the great thinker Leibniz, Queen Charlotte commissions a portrait of him. During the portrait sessions, the philosopher and the young painter engage in a passionate struggle for truth in image and likeness, and ultimately for love and death.

Gert Heidenreich

Writer

Edgar Reitz

Writer, Director

Cast

Edgar Selge's headshot

Edgar Selge

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Aenne Schwarz's headshot

Aenne Schwarz

Aaltje Van De Meer
Lars Eidinger's headshot

Lars Eidinger

Pierre-Albert Delalandre
Michael Kranz's headshot

Michael Kranz

Liebfried Cantor
Antonia Bill's headshot

Antonia Bill

Königin Sophie Charlotte von Preußen
Barbara Sukowa's headshot

Barbara Sukowa

Kurfürstin Sophie von Hannover

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