The 2016 film (Death and the Maiden), directed by Dieter Berner , provides a realistic yet melancholic look into the life of one of Austria's most provocative Expressionist painters. Rather than mimicking the artist’s own distorted and raw visual style, the film takes a conventional, documented approach to portray the "beauty and collapse" of fin de siècle Vienna. The Muse and the Masterpiece

: The story highlights Schiele’s ultimate sacrifice of personal love for professional advancement, as he leaves the low-born Wally to marry the middle-class Edith Harms for social standing. Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden (2016) by Dieter Berner

The film centers on Schiele’s relationships with his most influential muses, particularly his sister and his great love Wally Neuzil .