The Angel of History (2019)

In 1921, German philosopher Walter Benjamin purchased a painting Angelus Novus by the Swiss-German artist Paul Klee. Benjamin admired it and described it in detail in his essay “Theses on the Philosophy of History.” The picture portrays a restless angel who tasted reality. For a moment the angel freezes as if observing the inevitable turns of history. German director Eric Esser filmed at the Spanish-French border, which used to be a place of smuggling routes. It is across this border Walter Benjamin once escaped from the Nazis too.

• Release Date: 2019-10-09
• Runtime: 0h 11min
• Production Company: MakeShiftMovies
• Production Country: Germany
• Director: Eric Esser
• Writer: Eric Esser