Edgar Reitz Movies

Documentary by Wilhelm Roth about the state of affairs of the Young German Cinema.

The true story of the Bavarian Tailor Albrecht Berblinger who, after a strange encounter with a balloon starts building a flying machine. Although...

From the 1950s onwards, Erika and Ulrich Gregor brought countless film historical milestones to Berlin and shaped cinema discourse in post-war...

A meditation on the first 100 years of German cinema, featuring an assembly of German filmmakers.

A young German woman searches for happiness, liberation, and independence in the illusive wake of a transformative national recovery.

In 1968, the young Edgar Reitz teaches filmmaking at a girls’ school – a ground-breaking educational experiment. Fifty-five years later,...

Kluge’s short-film starring his sister/muse Alexandra.

A study of Alexander Kluge that also emulates his technique of seeking and linking. Kluge reads aloud, Kluge recounts, including stories from his...

The story of a gold smith who is so obsessed with his own craft that he murders his customers.

Elizabeth is a young woman who seeks happiness excessively burning out all those around her.

Eleven-year old Jason and his companions, including Hercules and Orpheus, go with the ship "Argo" in the search for the Golden Fleece. With wit and...

Early documentary by Edgar Reitz.

A short by Alexander Kluge.

Anna Hepp meets with renowned German director Edgar Reitz in one of Germany’s most famous cinemas: the Lichtburg in Essen. Reitz talks about...

Poetic documentary about the vanished culture of the Maya.

A short montage about rhythm, movement, and speed.