Keyserlings Geheimnis

A social scandal, the bohemian of the Fin de Siècle and one of the most enigmatic writers in German literary history. Eduard von Keyserling - outsider, aristocratic dandy, poet of European rank. In his new novel, Klaus Modick tells of love and betrayal and of a writer whose past catches up with him. In 1901, the playwright Max Halbe invites some of his friends from Schwabing to spend the summer at Lake Starnberg. Keyserling, established with the public and popular among his colleagues, sits there in those days as a model for the painter Lovis Corinth. The legendary portrait will show the author, marked by syphilis, in almost fascinating ugliness. During their meetings Corinth repeatedly inquires about the past of the Baltic count, about his youth and student days, about which rumors abound, beko.