Peter Nestler Movies

  • 1963
    The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle

    The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle

    The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle

    6.21963HD

    A strangler is loose on a British estate, and he not only strangles his victims but brands an "M" onto their foreheads before he decapitates them.

    The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle
  • 1958
    Der Schinderhannes

    Der Schinderhannes

    Der Schinderhannes

    6.81958HD

    1802: The adventurous life story of Hans Bückler, known as “Schinderhannes”, who fights against the French occupying forces and...

    Der Schinderhannes
  • 1961
    Black Gravel

    Black Gravel

    Black Gravel

    71961HD

    Tensions rise when a U.S. military base is built in a small village in post-war Germany.

    Black Gravel
  • 1975
    Mining/Ironworks, Pt. 2

    Mining/Ironworks, Pt. 2

    Mining/Ironworks, Pt. 2

    01975HD

    In the 1970s, Peter and his wife, Zsóka Nestler, collaborated on a series of educational films for television that focused on craft-making....

    Mining/Ironworks, Pt. 2
  • 1981
    Hiroshima - Ahead of Us?

    Hiroshima - Ahead of Us?

    Hiroshima - Ahead of Us?

    5.51981HD

    This work produced by Swedish television, where Swedish kids reads texts written by Japanese kids about their experiencing of and surviving the...

    Hiroshima - Ahead of Us?
  • 1961
    Und sowas nennt sich Leben

    Und sowas nennt sich Leben

    Und sowas nennt sich Leben

    71961HD

    A large German city at the beginning of the 1960s. This is where the well-to-do Berger family lives. Outwardly a bourgeois idyll, but behind the...

    Und sowas nennt sich Leben
  • 1991
    Die Reise der Ida Irma nach Lunow

    Die Reise der Ida Irma nach Lunow

    Die Reise der Ida Irma nach Lunow

    01991HD

    Documentary about the journey of a barge through East Germany.

    Die Reise der Ida Irma nach Lunow
  • 2007
    Verteidigung der Zeit

    Verteidigung der Zeit

    Verteidigung der Zeit

    02007HD

    Peter Nestler's poetic documentary Verteidigung der Zeit is not only an hommage to Jean-Marie Straub's and Danièle Huillet's film Quei loro...

    Verteidigung der Zeit
  • 1989
    Vincent van Gogh - Der Weg nach Courrières

    Vincent van Gogh - Der Weg nach Courrières

    Vincent van Gogh - Der Weg nach Courrières

    01989HD

    Documentary that portrays Vincent van Gogh's live and work through his letters to his brother Theo.

    Vincent van Gogh - Der Weg nach Courrières
  • 2021
    Picasso in Vallauris

    Picasso in Vallauris

    Picasso in Vallauris

    62021HD

    In 1950, Picasso was offered a room that had once been used as a chapel in his hometown of Vallauris. He pictured turning it into a “pagan site...

    Picasso in Vallauris
  • 1974
    Tyg: Del 1

    Tyg: Del 1

    Tyg: Del 1

    01974HD

    Stoff (1) is part of a series of films made for television and aimed at young audiences. The series was dedicated to the history and techniques...

    Tyg: Del 1
  • 1963
    Essays

    Essays

    Essays

    7.21963HD

    A cheerful take on the lives of school children in a Swiss rural environment. Young pupils recite short essays they have written on subjects such as...

    Essays
  • 2009
    Death and the Devil

    Death and the Devil

    Death and the Devil

    52009HD

    Ethnologist and adventurer, Count Eric von Rosen was a man of contradictions: interested in the natives of Africa and colonial racism. Nestler...

    Death and the Devil
  • 1991
    Am Rand

    Am Rand

    Am Rand

    01991HD

    Documentary about empty space in Berlin

    Am Rand
  • 1973
    Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene

    Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene

    Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene

    5.51973HD

    This is a small, intense film based on Schoenberg’s opus of the same name with the subtitle “danger, fear, catastrophe”. It deals...

    Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene
  • 1974
    Saturday Chile

    Saturday Chile

    Saturday Chile

    01974HD

    A reflection on the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet captured in its economic and social causalities. Originally shot for a TV youth program but...

    Saturday Chile
  • 1961
    The Magic Fountain

    The Magic Fountain

    The Magic Fountain

    01961HD

    In this tale based on a Brothers Grimm story, Prince Alfred searches for an enchanted castle that holds a magic fountain whose waters can cure his...

    The Magic Fountain
  • 2002
    Die Verwandlung des guten Nachbarn

    Die Verwandlung des guten Nachbarn

    Die Verwandlung des guten Nachbarn

    02002HD

    The revolt at Sobibór extermination camp in October 1943 is a central episode of resistance against national socialism. Thomas...

    Die Verwandlung des guten Nachbarn
  • 1966
    From Greece

    From Greece

    From Greece

    7.61966HD

    The first part of this film is devoted to the Greek resistance against fascism and the civil war for independence. While the voice-over recites facts...

    From Greece
  • 1966
    Abschied

    Abschied

    Abschied

    01966HD

    The burial of an old woman leads to several complications among family and friends.

    Abschied