Michael Kohlhaas & Other Tales of Faith, Guilt, and Retribution

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“The world might have blessed his memory had he not carried one virtue to too great an extreme. The feeling of justice made him a robber and a murderer.”— “Michael Kohlhaas” by Heinrich Von Kleist

Blackstone and Skyboat Media present Michael Kohlhaas & Other Tales of Faith, Guilt, and Retribution, an original compilation of the tales of Heinrich Von Kleist.

This compilation features the title novella Michael Kohlhaas, the tale of a man forced to crime in order to gain back the horses that were stolen from him; “The Earthquake in Chile,” a love story that takes place in the chaos of the 1647 Santiago earthquake; along with five other stories and a dramatized reading of selected scenes from The Prince of Homburg.

Full Contents:

Introduction by Stefan Rudnicki

Michael Kohlhaas: From an Old Chronicle

“St. Cecilia,” or, “The Power of Music: A Legend”

“The Beggarwoman of Locarno”

“The Foundling”

The Marquise of O

“The Earthquake in Chile”

“The Duel”

Scenes from The Prince of Homburg

Critics Review

“This is a story I read with true piety; it carries me along waves of wonder.”

Franz Kafka on "Michael Kohlhaas"

“Sometimes you find a brother, and you instantly know that you are no longer alone. I experienced this with Kleist.”

Werner Herzog, director

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