# 1985 Marmor bleibt immer kühl (Marble always remains cool)

Gustaf Gründgens (Off), Peter Rübsam (Sculptor, On), Ingrid Lutz and Jürgen Kuhfuß (Sound) The film is a late payoff with a Genius, who took his job more important as the politics that led to total destruction. Actually only Alexander Kluge makes similarly complex, allusive films like Lutz Mommartz, although he always demands a much higher social- and world-entitlement. Mommartz himself remains modest. Here we have only Gustaf Gründgens and the emergence of the monument of Peter Rübsam standing on the edge of Düsseldorf Hofgarten - still the theme is a powerful block in the sense of the word. "Marble always remains cool" by Lutz Mommartz tells the story of two artists, the actor (and whatever else he was) and the sculptor who tries to sculpture the actor thoughtfully in marble. Actually it's about three persons, because Lutz Mommartz involves himself with his versatile cinematic methods. So in fact there is a triangular relationship. Because the opinion that Lutz Mommartz has of Gustav Gründgens is not necesarily the same as the opinion that Peter Rübsam has. In a kind of Open Letter Lutz Mommartz accuses Gustav Gründgens to have "sold out art to power" and quotes the statement (probably from the Günter Gaus - interview) "I have not really lived." Yet he leaves the man his dignity in the conflict between art and politics. (SEBASTIAN FELDMANN, RP, 11.11.85) Gustav Gründgens appears as a comic character (Animation by Jürgen Kuhfuß), comedian, stage hero, primate of power,…

- Kind: Feature
- Year: 1985
- By: Lutz Mommartz
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/Mommartz_MARMOR_BLEIBT_IMMER_KUEHL_1985)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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