Emil Orlik
Max Reinhardt at the dress rehearsal with Paul Wegener as Mephisto
1911
(Production of “Faust II” by Max Reinhardt at the Deutsche Theater Berlin, 1911)
Etching
Private collection, Berlin
On Easter Monday 1911, Käthe and Karl Kollwitz attended Max Reinhardt’s (1873–1943) production of Goethe’s “Faust. Part II,” which lasted eight hours. Both wrote about it to their son Hans, who was studying away from home.