Christiane Kubrick: Difference between revisions

| birth_place = [[Braunschweig]], [[Lower Saxony]], [[Weimar Republic|Germany]]

| spouse = {{marriageplainlist|[[:de:Werner
* Bruhns{{marriage|{{ill|Werner Bruhns]]|de}}|1952|1957|end=divorced}} <br>
* {{marriage|[[Stanley Kubrick]]|1958|1999|end=diedd}}

| relatives = {{ubl|[[Jan Harlan]] (brother)|[[Veit Harlan]] (uncle)}}

'''Christiane Susanne Kubrick''' ([[Given name#Name at birth|née]] '''Harlan'''; born 10 May 1932) is a German actress, dancer,and painter, and singer. She was born into a theatrical family (her uncle was infamousthe film director [[Veit Harlan]]), and was the wife of filmmaker [[Stanley Kubrick]] from 1958 until his death in 1999.

Christiane Susanne Harlan was born in [[Braunschweig]], [[Lower Saxony]], [[Weimar Republic|Germany]], in 1932, the daughter of two opera singers, Ingeborg (''née'' de Freitas) and Fritz Moritz Harlan. She was trained as an actress, but became better known as a painter. Success in her early career as an actress led to her being cast in the film, ''[[Paths of Glory]]'' by [[Stanley Kubrick]], being credited as Susanne Christian.<ref name="imdb">[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0473583/ Christiane Kubricκ] in the [[imdbIMDb|InternationalInternet Movie Database]]</ref><ref name="flinch">[http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,6737,1461458,00.html " 'I flinch at those stories about crazy Stanley' "] by Sean O'Hagan, ''[[The Observer]]'', 17 April 2005</ref>

In the final scene of ''[[Paths of Glory]]'', the young woman she plays is forced to sing to a tavern full of rowdy and disillusioned French soldiers. Her rendition in German of the German folk song ''Ein treuer Husar'' (''[[The Faithful Hussar]]'') slowly wins the hearts of the crowd of men, who stop their mocking and carousing, and, one by one, begin to hum and sing along, many of them in tears.<ref name="flinch" />

She and Kubrick married in 1958, shortly after filming was completed. Their marriage lasted until Kubrick's death in 1999; they had two daughters, Anya and [[Vivian Kubrick|Vivian]]. Christiane also has a daughter, KatherinaKatharina, the only child of her first marriage to [[:de:{{ill|Werner Bruhns|Werner Bruhns]]de}} that ended in 1957.<ref name="imdb" /> Anya died in 2009 from cancer, aged 50.<ref name="imdb" />

The Kubrick family moved to [[England]] in the early 1960s, where Christiane continued to paint and exhibit. She became a highly accomplished and avidly collected [[artist]] with a passion for floral settings and still life paintings.{{fact|date=May 2019}} Her works were featured in two Stanley Kubrick films. In ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'' (1971), a large floral oil painting adorns the living room of "Home", the abode of two of the characters, a reclusive writer, Frank Alexander ([[Patrick Magee (actor)|Patrick Magee]]), and his wife ([[Adrienne Corri]]), being visible during the infamous "''[[Singin' in the Rain]]''" scene.<ref name="imdb" />

Nearly thirty years later, in ''[[Eyes Wide Shut]]'' (1999), Christiane's vivid paintings adorn nearly every wall of the characters Dr. and Mrs. Harford's ([[Tom Cruise]] and [[Nicole Kidman]]) Manhattan apartment and a few paintings by her daughter, KatherinaKatharina, also are shown. More of Christiane's paintings are featured in the billiard room and the upstairs bathroom of the Manhattan mansion of the character, Ziegler (Sydney Pollack).<ref name="imdb" />

In March 2001, KubrickChristiane traveled to the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] in Rome to screen a newly remastered version of her late husband's film, ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' (1968). The film was shown at the Vatican on the evening of Thursday 1 March under the aegis of the [[Pontifical Council for Social Communications]]. In 1996, that council listed the Kubrick film among the most important films of the twentieth century. The 2001screening at the Vatican screeningin also2001 was also attended by Archbishop [[John Patrick Foley|John Foley]], who then was the president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.

Christiane's brother, [[Jan Harlan]], was the executive producer for all of [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s films from ''[[Barry Lyndon]]'' (1975) onward. Following Kubrick's death in 1999, he became the director of the documentary, ''[[Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures]]'', in which Christiane took full part, appearing for the interview with her paintings.<ref>''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278736/ Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures]'' in the InternationalInternet Movie Database</ref> Although the project was never realized, Stanley Kubrick had considered making a film about their uncle, [[Veit Harlan]], the German filmmaker who made the antisemitic ''[[Jud Süß (1940 film)|Jud Süß]]'' (1940).<ref>John Ronson [https://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2010/aug/10/christiane-kubrick-stanley-dancer "After Stanley Kubrick"], ''The Guardian'', 18 August 2010</ref> The two siblings are very active in preservation, exhibit production, and publishing related to Stanley Kubrick's life and work, including the [[Taschen]] mega-book ''The Stanley Kubrick Archives'' and the touring major museum exhibit.

As of 20052018, Kubrick continues to live in [[England]], where she and her daughter, KatherinaKatharina, heldhold regular painting courses at their home, [[Childwickbury Manor]], in [[Hertfordshire]].<ref name="flinch" />

* ''[[Paths of Glory]]'' (1957) as German singer (credited as Susanne Christian)

* [{{Official website|http://www.christianekubrick.com Official Website]}}

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