Peter Nestler Movies

  • 1968
    Sightseeing

    Sightseeing

    Sightseeing

    01968HD

    A short pamphlet based on a text by Peter Weiss and on the contrapuntal use of the relation between image and sound. The commercial activities and...

    Sightseeing
  • 1964
    Mülheim on the Ruhr

    Mülheim on the Ruhr

    Mülheim on the Ruhr

    6.21964HD

    This dialogue-free short is edited to music and the rhythms of change in a small town in the Ruhr region, shot a few years after the first mining...

    Mülheim on the Ruhr
  • 2000
    Flight

    Flight

    Flight

    02000HD

    Jewish painter Leopold Mayer fled his native Frankfurt at the rise of the Nazi regime. Although briefly finding refuge in France, where he changed...

    Flight
  • 1971
    Får de komma igen? Om nyfascistica tendenser i Västtyskland

    Får de komma igen? Om nyfascistica tendenser i Västtyskland

    Får de komma igen? Om nyfascistica tendenser i Västtyskland

    01971HD

    Documentary about the return of fascism in Western Germany

    Får de komma igen? Om nyfascistica tendenser i Västtyskland
  • 2022
    The Open View

    The Open View

    The Open View

    02022HD

    The film presents artists from the Sinti and Roma minority who shape the trauma of persecution and very personal experiences in their works.

    The Open View
  • 1963
    By the Dike Sluice

    By the Dike Sluice

    By the Dike Sluice

    5.21963HD

    In his first film, Peter Nestler gives voice to an old floodgate. A nearby village, its inhabitants, wooden posts and twisted willow rods are...

    By the Dike Sluice
  • 1978
    Foreigners. Part III. Iranians

    Foreigners. Part III. Iranians

    Foreigners. Part III. Iranians

    01978HD

    Documentary short about Iranian migration in Sweden

    Foreigners. Part III. Iranians
  • 1966
    Rhine River

    Rhine River

    Rhine River

    5.81966HD

    In a 13-minute navigation, Nestler takes us downstream the Rhine River. The opportunity of cheap water transport kept prices of raw material down and...

    Rhine River
  • 1997
    Pachamama: Our Land

    Pachamama: Our Land

    Pachamama: Our Land

    7.31997HD

    “This film is about the indigenous cultures of Ecuador, of what is past and what is preserved, of destruction and resistance, of persisting in...

    Pachamama: Our Land
  • 1994
    Lofoten

    Lofoten

    Lofoten

    01994HD

    A 1994 German language documentary written and directed by Peter Nestler.

    Lofoten
  • 1984
    Dangerous Knowledge

    Dangerous Knowledge

    Dangerous Knowledge

    01984HD

    Humanity’s thirst for knowledge and its consequences, from the Bible to the A-bomb. Nestler uses sixteenth-century engravings and paintings by...

    Dangerous Knowledge
  • 1969
    In Budapest

    In Budapest

    In Budapest

    01969HD

    short film about a wicker weaver in Budapest

    In Budapest
  • 1982
    Victor Jaras barn

    Victor Jaras barn

    Victor Jaras barn

    01982HD

    Rarely screened two part documentary on the Swedish-Chilean folk music group Victor Jaras barn [Victor Jara's Children], formed by folk musician and...

    Victor Jaras barn
  • 1996
    Hararna fångar och steker jägaren

    Hararna fångar och steker jägaren

    Hararna fångar och steker jägaren

    01996HD

    Peter Nestler illustrates a poem by Hans Sachs from 1540.

    Hararna fångar och steker jägaren
  • 1970
    How to Make Glass (Manually)

    How to Make Glass (Manually)

    How to Make Glass (Manually)

    01970HD

    Peter and Zsóka Nestler collaborated on this film, an exploration of the working techniques involved in the process of glass-making.

    How to Make Glass (Manually)
  • 2015
    The Hollow People

    The Hollow People

    The Hollow People

    02015HD

    “Don’t be scared,” he’d whisper, “There’s nothing to be scared of. It’s just the hollow people.”...

    The Hollow People
  • 1974
    5 Bemerkungen zum Dokumentarfilm

    5 Bemerkungen zum Dokumentarfilm

    5 Bemerkungen zum Dokumentarfilm

    01974HD

    The film develops 5 questions about documentary film against the background of the media-political situation of the early 1970s in West Germany. The...

    5 Bemerkungen zum Dokumentarfilm
  • 1999
    The Roman Street in the Aosta Valley

    The Roman Street in the Aosta Valley

    The Roman Street in the Aosta Valley

    51999HD

    Today, the Römerstrasse in Italy's Aosta valley, is a significant traffic artery in the center of modern Europe. Nestler's journey explores the...

    The Roman Street in the Aosta Valley
  • 1972
    Images from Vietnam

    Images from Vietnam

    Images from Vietnam

    01972HD

    "An emotional condemnation of the U.S.’s role in the war in North Vietnam, composed of photographs by Thomas Billhardt, this film depicts the...

    Images from Vietnam
  • 1991
    The North Calotte

    The North Calotte

    The North Calotte

    51991HD

    A documentary about the Sami people across Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, and about the environmental devastation in that area throughout the...

    The North Calotte