INGEBORG BACHMANN JOURNEY INTO THE DESERT

111 minutes • 2023 • 6.1

Paris, summer of 1958. Rebellious poet Ingeborg Bachmann is a the height of her career when she encounters Swiss playwright Max Frisch, and they fall madly in love. But their time together is filled with more than passion and love. When journalist Adolf Opel invites Ingeborg to a journey through Egypt, she rediscovers poetry and herself. Journey into the Desert is the biograhical story of the award-winning author Ingeborg Bachmann (Malina), directed by veteran Margarethe von Trotta (Hannah Arendt, Leaden times).