Eva Hesse (2016)
108 min
German American artist Eva Hesse (1936 – 1970) created her innovative art in latex and fiberglass in the whirling aesthetic vortex of 1960s New York. Her flowing forms were in part a reaction to the rigid structures of then-popular minimalism, a male-dominated movement. Hesse’s complicated personal life encompassed not only a chaotic 1930s Germany, but also illness and the immigrant culture of New York in the 1940s. One of the twentieth century’s most intriguing artists, she finally receives her due in this film, an emotionally gripping journey with a gifted woman of great courage.
- Release date
- April 27, 2016
- Country of origin
- United States, Germany
Cast
- Selma Blair as Eva Hesse
- Bob Balaban as Wilhelm Hesse
- Patrick Kennedy as Sol Lewitt
- Julia-Maria Köhler as Eva Hesse
- Julia-Maria Köhler as Eva Hesse
- Ernst August Schepmann as Wilhelm Hesse
- Ernst August Schepmann as Wilhelm Hesse
- Michael Che Koch as Sol Lewitt
- Michael Che Koch as Sol Lewitt
- Tom Doyle as Self
- Werner Nekes as Self
- Eva Hesse as Self
- Adolf Hitler as Self
Crew
- Eva Hesse · Archive footage
- Adolf Hitler · Archive footage
- Marcie Begleiter · Director
- Marcie Begleiter · Writer
- Michael P. Aust · Producer
- Marcie Begleiter · Producer
- Karen S. Shapiro · Producer
- Andreas Schäfer · Composer
- Raffael Seyfried · Composer
- Nancy Schreiber · Cinematographer
- Azin Samari · Editor