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Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting

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Out of her love for the great thinker Leibniz, Queen Charlotte commissions a portrait of him. During the portrait sessions, the philosopher and the young painter engage in a passionate struggle for truth in image and likeness, and ultimately for love and death.

Directed byEdgar Reitz

Status: Released
Runtime: 1h 45m
Language: DE
Released: September 18, 2025

Studios

if... Productions

nordmedia

ERF / Edgar Reitz Filmproduktion

Featuring

Cast & crew

6 credited

Starring

Edgar Selge

Edgar Selge

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Aenne Schwarz

Aenne Schwarz

Aaltje Van De Meer

Lars Eidinger

Lars Eidinger

Pierre-Albert Delalandre

Michael Kranz

Michael Kranz

Liebfried Cantor

Antonia Bill

Antonia Bill

Königin Sophie Charlotte von Preußen

Barbara Sukowa

Barbara Sukowa

Kurfürstin Sophie von Hannover

Creative team

Directed by: Edgar Reitz
Written by: Edgar Reitz
Gert Heidenreich
Produced by: Christian Reitz
Ingo Fliess

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