Peter Nestler Movies
- 1968
Sightseeing
Sightseeing01968HD
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...
- 1964
Mülheim on the Ruhr
Mülheim on the Ruhr6.21964HD
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...
- 2000
Flight
Flight02000HD
Jewish painter Leopold Mayer fled his native Frankfurt at the rise of the Nazi regime. Although briefly finding refuge in France, where he changed...
- 1971
Får de komma igen? Om nyfascistica tendenser i Västtyskland
Får de komma igen? Om nyfascistica tendenser i Västtyskland01971HD
Documentary about the return of fascism in Western Germany
- 2022
The Open View
The Open View02022HD
The film presents artists from the Sinti and Roma minority who shape the trauma of persecution and very personal experiences in their works.
- 1963
By the Dike Sluice
By the Dike Sluice5.21963HD
In his first film, Peter Nestler gives voice to an old floodgate. A nearby village, its inhabitants, wooden posts and twisted willow rods are...
- 1978
Foreigners. Part III. Iranians
Foreigners. Part III. Iranians01978HD
Documentary short about Iranian migration in Sweden
- 1966
Rhine River
Rhine River5.81966HD
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...
- 1997
Pachamama: Our Land
Pachamama: Our Land7.31997HD
“This film is about the indigenous cultures of Ecuador, of what is past and what is preserved, of destruction and resistance, of persisting in...
- 1994
Lofoten
Lofoten01994HD
A 1994 German language documentary written and directed by Peter Nestler.
- 1984
Dangerous Knowledge
Dangerous Knowledge01984HD
Humanity’s thirst for knowledge and its consequences, from the Bible to the A-bomb. Nestler uses sixteenth-century engravings and paintings by...
- 1969
In Budapest
In Budapest01969HD
short film about a wicker weaver in Budapest
- 1982
Victor Jaras barn
Victor Jaras barn01982HD
Rarely screened two part documentary on the Swedish-Chilean folk music group Victor Jaras barn [Victor Jara's Children], formed by folk musician and...
- 1996
Hararna fångar och steker jägaren
Hararna fångar och steker jägaren01996HD
Peter Nestler illustrates a poem by Hans Sachs from 1540.
- 1970
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.
- 2015
The Hollow People
The Hollow People02015HD
“Don’t be scared,” he’d whisper, “There’s nothing to be scared of. It’s just the hollow people.”...
- 1974
5 Bemerkungen zum Dokumentarfilm
5 Bemerkungen zum Dokumentarfilm01974HD
The film develops 5 questions about documentary film against the background of the media-political situation of the early 1970s in West Germany. The...
- 1999
The Roman Street in the Aosta Valley
The Roman Street in the Aosta Valley51999HD
Today, the Römerstrasse in Italy's Aosta valley, is a significant traffic artery in the center of modern Europe. Nestler's journey explores the...
- 1972
Images from Vietnam
Images from Vietnam01972HD
"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...
- 1991
The North Calotte
The North Calotte51991HD
A documentary about the Sami people across Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, and about the environmental devastation in that area throughout the...