Elfi Mikesch Movies

  • 1994
    Erotique

    Erotique

    Erotique

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    The sexual fantasies of women are explored by three female directors.

    Erotique
  • 1980
    What Shall We Do Without Death

    What Shall We Do Without Death

    What Shall We Do Without Death

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    A documentary film showing life in one of Hamburg’s homes for seniors. Over the course of six months, Elfi Mikesch interviewed and filmed the...

    What Shall We Do Without Death
  • 1986
    The Rose King

    The Rose King

    The Rose King

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    A mentally unstable woman and her son move to a sprawling mansion in Portugal to grow roses.

    The Rose King
  • 1988
    Anita – Dances of Vice

    Anita – Dances of Vice

    Anita – Dances of Vice

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    In modern-day Berlin (1987), Frau Kutowski goes insane, believing herself to be the (real-life) notorious Anita Berber, a nude art dancer/drug...

    Anita – Dances of Vice
  • 2025
    Mona Mur in Conversation

    Mona Mur in Conversation

    Mona Mur in Conversation

    02025HD

    The film explores the life and career of the Hamburg-born musician, whose creative work began in the West German post-punk scene of the 1980s.

    Mona Mur in Conversation
  • 2007
    Six Dead Students

    Six Dead Students

    Six Dead Students

    02007HD

    Rosa von Praunheim, the director of the film, parodies himself and his time as a professor at the Film School in Potsdam Babelsberg, where he taught...

    Six Dead Students
  • 1986
    Seduction: The Cruel Woman

    Seduction: The Cruel Woman

    Seduction: The Cruel Woman

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    Wanda is a dominatrix who runs a gallery in a building on the Hamburg waterfront, where audiences pay for the privilege of watching her humiliate her...

    Seduction: The Cruel Woman
  • 1978
    I Often Think of Hawaii

    I Often Think of Hawaii

    I Often Think of Hawaii

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    Semi-documentary film about the everyday life of a 16-year-old schoolgirl in Berlin who lives with her single mother on the outskirts of West Berlin....

    I Often Think of Hawaii
  • 2000
    Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Elfi Mikesch

    Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Elfi Mikesch

    Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Elfi Mikesch

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    The cinematographer and idiosyncratic filmmaker Elfi Mikesch has significantly contributed to the extension of the aesthetic boundaries of the...

    Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Elfi Mikesch
  • 1996
    Love’s Debris

    Love’s Debris

    Love’s Debris

    5.251996HD

    German director Werner Schroeter invited his favourite opera singers to a 13th century abbey near Paris. There was no pre-planned action. There was...

    Love’s Debris
  • 2005
    D’Annunzio’s Cave

    D’Annunzio’s Cave

    D’Annunzio’s Cave

    5.22005HD

    Heinz Emigholz, the premiere purveyor of architectural oddities (Sullivan’s Bridges, Goff in the Desert), meticulously documents 15 rooms of...

    D’Annunzio’s Cave
  • 2022
    Die Straße als Erzählung

    Die Straße als Erzählung

    Die Straße als Erzählung

    02022HD

    Documentary about street art in Berlin.

    Die Straße als Erzählung
  • 2011
    Judenburg findet Stadt

    Judenburg findet Stadt

    Judenburg findet Stadt

    02011HD

    Documentary about Austrian city Judenburg and its art scene.

    Judenburg findet Stadt
  • 2005
    Made in Taiwan

    Made in Taiwan

    Made in Taiwan

    02005HD

    Yi-Chun loves dancing. She attends ballet classes at her high school, with a lot of discipline, even if the exercises are painful. "Made in Taiwan"...

    Made in Taiwan
  • 1991
    Malina

    Malina

    Malina

    6.0611991HD

    An unusual story of a triangular relationship in Vienna. A woman shares an apartment with a man named Malina. The woman meets Ivan and falls under...

    Malina
  • 2014
    Fever

    Fever

    Fever

    2.82014HD

    It’s the early 1950s and little Franzi is growing up in the small Austrian town of Judenburg. Her oppressive family home is dominated by her...

    Fever
  • 1983
    Die blaue Distanz

    Die blaue Distanz

    Die blaue Distanz

    01983HD

    A woman on a train.

    Die blaue Distanz
  • 2010
    Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today

    6.22010HD

    A retrospective look at the making of "World on a Wire".

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today
  • 2011
    Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter

    Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter

    Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter

    5.52011HD

    Werner Schroeter was one of the most significant proponents of New German Cinema. Schroeter was diagnosed with cancer in 2006. In her film, Elfi...

    Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
  • 2001
    Warrior of Light

    Warrior of Light

    Warrior of Light

    02001HD

    A feature-length documentary on Yvonne Bezerra de Mello, award-winning artist and human-rights activist who has gained international recognition for...

    Warrior of Light