Arena — Otto Dix : a Tale of Two Germanies (S1 E424)

"I'll either be famous or infamous," declared the controversial German painter who died in 1969. His subjects range from tranquil landscapes to frenzied sex murders, from brutalised war criminals to religious allegories. In his lifetime he found little favour on either side of his divided country. He was hauled before the courts on charges of obscenity, and his paintings were burned by the Nazis as being degenerate, and yet he has more recently been hailed as the "last great German artist of our times". Arena examines the work of an artist who, in the new Germany, is seen as both an influential and unifying figure.

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Original title

Arena

Genres

Documentary

Release date

1992-03-13

Runtime

90 min

Status

Returning Series

Production countries

United Kingdom

Seasons

1

Episodes

692

Networks

BBC Four, BBC Two