Hanna Schygulla Movies

An allegory of the Golem, a Jewish mythical creature personifying displacement and exile, this film tells the story of a woman (similar to the...

Unique archives show a world that no longer exists: pre-war Poland in which two cultures: Jewish and Polish, coexisted wall-in-wall; cottage in a...

An essay film in which filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim interviews "the willing victims of Rainer Werner Fassbinder."

Berta, a naive young maid, searches for love when the army engineers come to town to build a bridge.

What does ‘normal’ actually mean? And what is ‘crazy’? Everybody attempts to convince Léa that her mother, Suzanne, is...

Godard constructs a lyrical study of the cinematic and creative process by deconstructing the story of his 1982 film Passion. “I didn’t...

Notes on the movie Passion

Short film based on Thomas Mann's short story "Der Kleiderschrank".

When Elaine, an adventurous young woman from Germany, arrives in New York City, she sets out to be a famous writer. After a brief stint at a mundane...

Abram returns to his small village and although his repairing skills are needed, people's suspicion about his sexual preferences make his life hard.

Story of the owners (Mastroianni and Schygulla) of a fancy nightclub in Budapest before and during WWII.

51-year-old Herbert Strehlow, a furniture restorer, falls in love with 21-year-old Lea, who has not spoken a word since childhood when her father...

About the making of "Der amerikanische Soldat/The American Soldier" in 1970.

In a small German town, a 14-year-old girl's relationship with an older man draws scrutiny and leads to legal consequences, reflecting the...

A documentary about the life and work of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

The film intertwines historical events and intimate memories. I observe how architecture represents the transformations of society and those who give...

A documentary about Fassbinder and the early years of the legendary Antiteater, the group he was a member/leader of. You can here see and hear some...

A documentary about the making of the television mini-series by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, including interviewees with the principal actors.

A documentary about Marcello Mastroianni.