Das Geheimnis von Velázquez

In the organizer's words:

• FR 2025
• 92 min
• Director: Stéphane Sorlat
• FSK: from 0 years
• Documentary: Original version with German voiceover and subtitles where applicable

Screenings:

• Thurs., November 20, 2025 - Mon., November 24, 2025 at 6:45 p.m.
• Wed., November 26, 2025 - Wed., November 26, 2025 at 6:45 p.m.
• Thurs., November 27, 2025 - Sun., November 30, 2025 at 6:45 p.m.

THE SECRET OF VELÁZQUEZ traces the echoes of a genius painter that resonate in countless works by world-famous artists and continue to puzzle us to this day. A unique cinematic journey through 400 years of living art history.

Édouard Manet praised him as the "painter of all painters", Salvador Dalí called him the "glory of Spain" and Pablo Picasso dedicated a series of paintings to his "great idol" - but who was Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) really? With "The Court Maidens", the court painter of the Spanish king created one of the most influential paintings of all time, painted portraits of the royal family, the Pope, but also of the common people and left behind a life's work comprising over 200 paintings. Despite this prominence, much about Velázquez remains obscure to this day. Where did his unrivaled mastery of light and shadow, which gives his baroque portraits subtle tones and a lively atmosphere, and which only became acceptable a century later in Impressionism, come from? How did he lend his portraits this unparalleled realism?