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Portrait of Käthe Kollwitz. Her father, Bernhard Weiß, was an Evangelical theologian.Her mother, Hermine (née Von Woyna) was a member of the nobility. They supported her interest in the visual arts as a pastime, but not as a profession.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a 2001 American musical comedy-drama film written for the screen and directed by John Cameron Mitchell.Based on Mitchell's and Stephen Trask's 1998 stage musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, it accompanies Hedwig Robinson, a gay [5] East German rock singer.
Hedwig is a German feminine given name, from Old High German Hadwig, Hadewig, Haduwig. It is a Germanic name consisting of the two elements hadu "battle, combat" and wig "fight, duel". The name is on record since the 9th century, with Haduwig, a daughter of Louis the German .
Hedwig recovers from the separation by creating a more glamorous, feminine identity for herself ("Wig in a Box") and forming a rock band she calls The Angry Inch. Hedwig befriends the brother of a child she babysits, shy and misunderstood Christian teenager Tommy Speck, who is fascinated by a song she writes with him in mind ("Wicked Little Town").
The Hedwig Codex, also known as the Codex of Lubin (Polish: Kodeks lubiński), [1] is a medieval illuminated manuscript from the mid-14th century. It comprises sixty-one colored drawings and inscriptions which tell the life of Saint Hedwig, High Duchess of Poland and Silesia, her family, and events related to her canonization in 1267.
Hedwig (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Grzegorz Hedwig (born 1988), Polish slalom canoeist Johann Hedwig , (1730–1799), German botanist
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, 1998 Hedwig and the Angry Inch, 1999; Hedwig and the Angry Inch, 2001 This page was last edited on 30 May 2020, at 21:38 (UTC). ...
Helvig of Holstein (also known as Hedwig; [1] c. 1259 – c. 1325) was Queen of Sweden as the consort of King Magnus Ladulås. Her parents were Gerhard I, ...