Das Portrait
The Portrait![](/media/filmstills/2016/retrospektive/201602782_1_RWD_1380.jpg)
Source: Deutsche Kinemathek, © M. Spils
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May Spils
Das Portrait | The Portrait by May Spils
BRD 1966, Retrospective
Source: Deutsche Kinemathek, © M. Spils
The failure of an act of artistic creation. Despite receiving instructions from off camera, a young woman fails to paint a self-portrait. She nevertheless joins the ranks of a phalanx of feminine icons – from Mona Lisa to Brigitte Bardot.