Der Auftrag (1988)

Release Date: 1988-09-29
Runtime: 0h 4min
Production Company: DEFA-Studio f&uuml;r Dokumentarfilme
Production Country: East Germany
Director: <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.cinebymovies.com/actor/2398879/jochen-krau-szlig-er"> Jochen Krau&szlig;er
Writer: <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.cinebymovies.com/actor/2398879/jochen-krau-szlig-er"> Jochen Krau&szlig;er

This documentary reports on the master potter Otto Engelmann from Klingmühl, who was commissioned to make black painted clay heads of Karl Marx in the spring of 1973. Engelmann briefly explains the individual work steps from mixing the casting slip to firing the clay heads and then painting them. An old craft is vividly captured on camera and accompanied by original sou