Peter Nestler Movies
- 1963
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle6.21963HD
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.
- 1958
Der Schinderhannes
Der Schinderhannes6.81958HD
1802: The adventurous life story of Hans Bückler, known as “Schinderhannes”, who fights against the French occupying forces and...
- 1961
Black Gravel
Black Gravel71961HD
Tensions rise when a U.S. military base is built in a small village in post-war Germany.
- 1975
Mining/Ironworks, Pt. 2
Mining/Ironworks, Pt. 201975HD
In the 1970s, Peter and his wife, Zsóka Nestler, collaborated on a series of educational films for television that focused on craft-making....
- 1981
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...
- 1961
Und sowas nennt sich Leben
Und sowas nennt sich Leben71961HD
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...
- 1991
Die Reise der Ida Irma nach Lunow
Die Reise der Ida Irma nach Lunow01991HD
Documentary about the journey of a barge through East Germany.
- 2007
Verteidigung der Zeit
Verteidigung der Zeit02007HD
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...
- 1989
Vincent van Gogh - Der Weg nach Courrières
Vincent van Gogh - Der Weg nach Courrières01989HD
Documentary that portrays Vincent van Gogh's live and work through his letters to his brother Theo.
- 2021
Picasso in Vallauris
Picasso in Vallauris62021HD
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...
- 1974
Tyg: Del 1
Tyg: Del 101974HD
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...
- 1963
Essays
Essays7.21963HD
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...
- 2009
Death and the Devil
Death and the Devil52009HD
Ethnologist and adventurer, Count Eric von Rosen was a man of contradictions: interested in the natives of Africa and colonial racism. Nestler...
- 1991
Am Rand
Am Rand01991HD
Documentary about empty space in Berlin
- 1973
Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene
Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene5.51973HD
This is a small, intense film based on Schoenberg’s opus of the same name with the subtitle “danger, fear, catastrophe”. It deals...
- 1974
Saturday Chile
Saturday Chile01974HD
A reflection on the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet captured in its economic and social causalities. Originally shot for a TV youth program but...
- 1961
The Magic Fountain
The Magic Fountain01961HD
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...
- 2002
Die Verwandlung des guten Nachbarn
Die Verwandlung des guten Nachbarn02002HD
The revolt at Sobibór extermination camp in October 1943 is a central episode of resistance against national socialism. Thomas...
- 1966
From Greece
From Greece7.61966HD
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...
- 1966
Abschied
Abschied01966HD
The burial of an old woman leads to several complications among family and friends.