Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden

Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden

Directed by Dieter Berner

Produced by Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion, Amour Fou Luxembourg

2016105 min6.7 / 10

A biographical portrait of the provocative Viennese painter Egon Schiele, exploring artistic ambition, transgression, and the tension between creative freedom and social constraint in early 20th-century Austria.

Vienna, Austria, 1910. The young painter Egon Schiele is a rising artist, provocative and free, whose work, characterized by eroticism, shocks as much as it fascinates art lovers.

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  • Is Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Does Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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Familiar shape, done well.

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