简介：ThelifeofJewishExpressionistpoetandperformanceartist,ElseLasker-Schüler(1869-1945),toldchronologicallyinvignettesgivencontextbyarchivalfootageofturn-of-the-centuryGermany,WorldWarI,andtheascentoftheThirdReich.Herpoetryoftencomprisesthesoundtrack.Weseeherinrelationtomen:herfirsthusband,whomsheleavesafterhersonisborn;artistslikeChagallandFranzMarc;anoldermuseandthenasecondhusband;and,GottfriedBenn(1886-1956),physicianandpoet.Benn'slifeisalsochronicled:homosexualencounters,hisattractiontoElseandtheBerlinscene,andhispolitics.Herpoemsaddressedtohimdefinethisculturalmoment.…