A Strange Passion (French: Un amour interdit) is a 1984 French drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Dougnac, starring Brigitte Fossey, Fernando Rey and Saverio Marconi.The story is set in Italy in the late 18th century. It is based on the short story "The Foundling" by Heinrich von Kleist.Emmanuelle Beart was nominated for Most Promising Actress at the 10th Cesar Awards. He has published articles and essays on German literature and various prose and verse translations, including Goethe's Selected Verse (1964) for the Penguin Poets, Kleist's The Marquise of O and Other Stories (1978) for the Penguin Classics, Thomas Mann's Tonio Kroger and Other Stories (1970) and Goethe's Roman Elegies (1977). Heinrich von Kleist: Heinrich von Kleist, German dramatist, among the greatest of the 19th century. Poets of the Realist, Expressionist, Nationalist, and Existentialist movements in France and Germany saw their prototype in Kleist, a poet whose demonic genius had foreseen modern problems of life and literature. Download the marquise of o and other stories or read online here in PDF or EPUB. The stories collected in this volume reflect the preoccupations of Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) with the deceptiveness of human nature and the unpredictability of the physical world. The Foundling In The Search the history of over 351 billion web pages on the Internet. Aiming in his translation for "an English haunted and affected by the strangeness of the original," David Constantine offers a wealth of Heinrich von Kleist's key writings in this collection, the most ambitious of its kind. Reviews: "If ever a literary work was a sleep of reason, bruised by menacing shapes, it is Kleist's. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for The Marquise of O-and Other Stories by Heinrich Von Kleist (1978, Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! The Beggar Woman of Locarno Heinrich von Kleist At the foot of the Alps, near Lo