Michael Ballhaus Movies

Corinna witnesses how three guys chase and shoot a man in front of her lonesome house. As only witness, they force her to come with them and care for...

A commissioned work for a television series on WDR, A House for Us. FROM THE FAMILY OF REPTILES and THE ISLAND are a complete program in two...

The main characters in this film are wives of rich men who have nothing to do because they have staff – like the cook, the maid, the...

A group of people from the wealthy middle class in engage in quasi intellectual quarrels and discussions trying to find some meaning in their...

Germany in Autumn does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard movie scenes, to give the audience the mood of...

Brother and sister meet again after 15 years and fall in love with each other.

Love or money? When it comes to this question, Heinrich Krull clearly seems to choose money...

Two women–a literature professor and a painter–start to rely upon their friendship as an alternative to their unhappy relationships with...

Ruby Dennis is an middle-aged man with an unfulfilled ambition as a singer. As he begins to pursue that ambition, his family falls apart.

110 of the world's top cinematographers discuss the art of how and why films look the way they do.

Two life stories. That of Malou, a French woman, married to a German Jew, a refugee stranded in South America: a picture of the pre-war generation...

An antique bed relates passionate stories about various people who have made love on it throughout the decades of the 20th century. Said folks...

The lackluster and plodding Bolweiser has the (mis)fortune to be married to the town’s siren; his trusting nature leads him into serious...

An account of the life and work of legendary cinematographer and director Carlo Di Palma (1925-2004) and an emotional journey through the great...

This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German...

When Edith Howland's husband abandons her for a younger woman, leaving her with their alcoholic son and his senile uncle, she begins recording...

Peter grew up during the economic miracle, bereft of parental care and love. Learning early on that interpersonal relationships are based on the...

A couple (Karin Thome and Eberhard Klasse), whose relationship can't hold up to the pressure of their financial and career problems, only have their...

A small carnival is in dire financial straits. Their show is attracting fewer and fewer paying customers, as their "attractions" are ageing, out of...

By accompanying 20 very different individuals in today's Berlin, cinematographer Michael Ballhaus and filmmaker Ciro Cappellari sketch a portrait of...