The Magic Mirror of Aloyse: The Artistic Work of a Schizophrenic Patient

Year Published: 1967

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Live Narrator: Peter Du Berg Date is production date Last inspected: 1981. Condition complete; good With film guide Received first documentary prize at the following international film festivals: Rolle (Switzerland) 1963, Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1964, and Rapallo (Italy) 1965 Scenario, Alfred Bader ; camera, Florian Campiche This film explores a half-century of a schizophrenic's artistic productivity for its psychiatric interest and intrinsic merit. The film portrays the various phases of the work of a patient, Aloyse, correlating them with the progression of her mental disorder. Scenes include original footage of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, Aloyse's pencil drawings and paintings, and Aloyse at work and eating with other patients in an institution. Her paintings, which often portray the symbolic imagery of physical love and include great figures of history, are also shown hanging in a museum. Shot in Lausanne, Switzerland Received: (date unknown) as a donation from Center for Mass Communication, Columbia University Press Videocassette (Betacam SP)

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