Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting

Name: Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting
Director: Edgar Reitz
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2025-09-18
Duration: 105 min
Cast: Edgar Selge, Aenne Schwarz, Lars Eidinger, Michael Kranz, Antonia Bill

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2025 · 105 min · Drama · History · TMDB 6.7/10

Overview

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 by Edgar Reitz

Cast

Edgar Selge — Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Aenne Schwarz — Aaltje Van De Meer
Lars Eidinger — Pierre-Albert Delalandre
Michael Kranz — Liebfried Cantor
Antonia Bill — Königin Sophie Charlotte von Preußen