Thomas Mauch Movies

A group of tormented patients stage a coup at an oppressive, dismal asylum after they're not allowed out on an excursion.

Alice Schneider redecorates her house.

Saroyanland is a docu-drama focusing on the journey of famous writer William Saroyan to the birthplace of his Armenian family Bitlis, in Turkey in...

A piece of lint from a Beethoven fan's record collection sticks to the clothes of a bank robber. Inspector Koschonsky finds the lint and solves the...

In her essay film, Eva Hiller illustrates the nightly infrastructure of a large city, using Frankfurt am Main and Berlin as examples. Just as pet...

The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems...

Early documentary by Edgar Reitz.

Kluge’s short-film starring his sister/muse Alexandra.

A short montage about rhythm, movement, and speed.

“The Bella Vista” is the story of a house started as a football club, becoming a successful transvestite brothel and changes at last to a...

Roswitha runs an illegal abortion clinic in Frankfurt to support her student husband and children. When she is forced to close her practice she...

An autobiographical short film by Werner Herzog made in 1986. Herzog tells stories about his life and career. The film contains excerpts and...

For many years the old Waller worked as a railwayman. After Waller is informed that "his" track will be closed down and that he will be retired, he...

In five different countries, the filmmakers explore the question of why so many development aid projects have been so unsuccessful to date and how...

An impoverished young man from Sicily travels to Wolfsburg, West Germany to find work. He takes a job in the Volkswagen factory after he travels...

The mis-adventures of three Polish-Jews on the road to Gdansk is the basis for this German comedy that was filmed in New York, Germany, and Poland....

Mrs. Blackburn, born in 1872, i.e. before the history of cinema began, is Alexander Kluge's grandmother. Portrait of this lady.

The clownish security chief of a West German business is obsessed with protecting his factory from fancied and real breaches, especially from groups...

A young German woman searches for happiness, liberation, and independence in the illusive wake of a transformative national recovery.