Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free

Lou Andreas-Salomé, the woman who enraptured 19th century Europe’s greatest minds, recounts her life to Ernst Pfeiffer in this German film directed by Cordula Kablitz-Post. Lou Andreas-Salomé (Katharina Lorenz) is a published novelist, poet and essayist who lives krank, vereinsamt and from Nationalsozialists bedroht in Göttingen. Ernst Pfeiffer (jung), a 40-year-old Germanist, gives Lou the chance to live again by helping her write her life story.