The video shows the first five minutes of the film.
"Das Wiegenlied" was digitized by DFF - Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum as part of the film heritage funding program "Förderprogramm Filme...
A black girl feels sad. This sadness is expressed by different symbols. The sun breaks throught the clouds. The girl begins to pray and to believe in a better world.
Journey from Freiburg to Hamburg along the Rhine; visit to the grave of the son killed in 1945; return journey via Hamelin, Hanover and Münden.
Simon Kelly, curator St. Louis Art Museum, in front of Akrobaten (Triptychon No. 3) in "Max Beckmann - Departure" (2011/12)
German movie postser of "Max Beckmann - Departure" (2011/12)
Uwe M. Schneede in "Max Beckmann - Departure" (2011/12)
Didier Ottinger, director Centre Pompidou, in front of Versuchung (Triptychon No. 2) in "Max Beckmann - Departure" (2011/12)
Erika Holmquist-Wall, assistant curator Minneapolis Institute of Arts, in front of Blinde Kuh (Triptychon No. 7) in "Max Beckmann - Departure" (2011/12)
Didier Ottinger, director Centre Pompidou, in front of Versuchung (Triptychon No. 2) in "Max Beckmann - Departure"
Ann Temkin, chief curator MoMa, New York, in front of Departure (Triptychon No. 1) in "Max Beckmann - Departure" (2011/12)
Max Beckmann in front of Argonauten (Triptychon No. 9), 1947, in MoMa in "Max Beckmann - Departure" (2011/12)