Showing posts with label Friedrich Nietzsche. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Friedrich Nietzsche. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

A hit in Europe, "Lou" arrives in the US

Katharine Lorenz as Lou Andreas-Salomé and Julius Feldmeier as Rilke

Novelist, critic and pioneering psychoanalyst, Lou Andreas-Salomé was one of the most influential people of her day. But her legacy has often been overshadowed by her relationships with the famous men she worked with: Nietzsche, Rilke and Freud.

Cordula Kablitz sets the record straight in Lou Andreas-Salomé, now available in the US from Vimeo and Amazon and in Europe from Amazon and iTunes. The Swiss newspaper Luzerner Zeitung says the film "brings an unbelievable biography thrillingly alive."


Liv Lisa Fries, from Babylon Berlin, plays the teenaged Louisa von Salomé


Monday, June 27, 2016

A woman who set her own course



Lou Andreas-Salome (1861-1937) was one of the most influential European intellectuals of her day and a confidante of Nietzsche, Rilke and Freud. A new film by Cordula Kablitz-Post tells the story of her extraordinary life. I reviewed the film for World Literature Today:

Read the review here.

Photo credit: Sebastian Geyer/avanti media fiction