Helmut Herbst Movies

A film drawn and dubbed by children in a 6th grade class, animated by Franz Winzentsen.

A cloud of black dust, one of white dust, and the world.

The year was 1972. A commune of Berlin stoners and intellectuals set adrift in space in a packing container clutched in a giant flying hand. Based...

Director Helmut Herbst’s animated sci-fi short with characters that would be more fully explored in CATHEDRAL OF NEW EMOTIONS.

A short film by Franz Winzentsen

The film makes fun of the superficial changes in power in their birthplaces. Herbst's painting depicts a society of excited string toys who first...

In addition to music by Family and Procol Harum, you can hear a composition of percussive natural sounds—rain drumming on the...

Drawn portraits of a man with a beard.

An animated film made from collages. With a film text by poet and left-wing essayist Peter Rühmkorf. A satire on advertising language.

Hollywood opening credits with crashing sea waves and expectant orchestral music opens the film. Then the viewer's gaze is carried through a room. In...

Documentary about the film pioneer Guido Seeber.