Movie · 1991 · 53 min

Willi Sitte (1991)

Willi Sitte is a 1991 movie (Documentary). Willi Sitte was directed by Reiner E. Moritz. Willi Sitte runs 53 minutes. In United States, you can watch Willi Sitte on Kanopy.

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Plot

Painter and government official – the two sides of Willi Sitte which made him the most important yet most controversial East German artist. Portraying the working class, defying imperialism or revealing intimate togetherness, he became the leading figure of Socialist Realism. His career in the Association of Fine Artists (VBK) and the Central Committee (ZK) of the SED elevated his status to that of ‘Prince of East German Painting’. Reiner Moritz met the controversial, first-rate draughtsman in his studio after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Through his life and work, he traces the story of Sitte’s artistic development in the service of socialist ideology.