Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein Movies

  • 1978
    Germany in Autumn

    Germany in Autumn

    Germany in Autumn

    6.21978HD

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

    Germany in Autumn
  • 1983
    The Olympic Champion

    The Olympic Champion

    The Olympic Champion

    01983HD

    Dentist Adi has an extraordinary dream: a boy appears to him and asks to become his father. The unknown boy has chosen the most beautiful woman in...

    The Olympic Champion
  • 2000
    Just Messing About

    Just Messing About

    Just Messing About

    22000HD

    A painter learns that leaving the creative life behind is much more complicated than he expected.

    Just Messing About
  • 1986
    Portrait: Werner Herzog

    Portrait: Werner Herzog

    Portrait: Werner Herzog

    7.11986HD

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

    Portrait: Werner Herzog
  • 1969
    Precautions Against Fanatics

    Precautions Against Fanatics

    Precautions Against Fanatics

    5.61969HD

    The film features several horse trainers and other track workers talking about their roles at the track, always eventually interrupted by an older...

    Precautions Against Fanatics
  • 1978
    New Year's Eve

    New Year's Eve

    New Year's Eve

    71978HD

    A short film made by Sirk at the end of his life with one of his students. An adaptation of Schnitzler, with Hanna Schygulla: a night of New...

    New Year's Eve
  • 1986
    Der Nachbar

    Der Nachbar

    Der Nachbar

    01986HD

    A former police officer accidentally killed a bystander while hunting criminals. Now he lives alone, continues to search for the criminal and spies...

    Der Nachbar
  • 1975
    Das Andechser Gefühl

    Das Andechser Gefühl

    Das Andechser Gefühl

    61975HD

    An anxious teacher (played, as is the lead role in all his films, by the director) sits in a beer garden on the hill of the Andechs monastery. While...

    Das Andechser Gefühl
  • 1982
    Land of Look Behind

    Land of Look Behind

    Land of Look Behind

    4.61982HD

    There has never been a documentary like "Land of Look Behind". Relatively unknown due to poor distribution and New York Film Festival skullduggery,...

    Land of Look Behind
  • 1971
    Land of Silence and Darkness

    Land of Silence and Darkness

    Land of Silence and Darkness

    7.41971HD

    Through examining Fini Straubinger, an old woman who has been deaf and blind since her teens, and her work on behalf of other deaf-blind people, this...

    Land of Silence and Darkness
  • 2001
    Pilgrimage

    Pilgrimage

    Pilgrimage

    4.62001HD

    Accompanied only by music the film alternates between shots of pilgrims near the tomb of Saint Sergei in Sergiyev Posad, Russia and pilgrims at the...

    Pilgrimage
  • 1988
    The Gauls

    The Gauls

    The Gauls

    81988HD

    Two segments make up this short film. The first portion called “The French” has two men taste testing some delicious wine, and the other,...

    The Gauls
  • 1971
    Handicapped Future

    Handicapped Future

    Handicapped Future

    6.81971HD

    A documentary by Werner Herzog exploring the different treatment accorded to the disabled in Germany and the USA.

    Handicapped Future
  • 1977
    La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe

    La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe

    La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe

    7.31977HD

    Werner Herzog takes a film crew to the island of Guadeloupe when he hears that the volcano on the island is going to erupt. Everyone has left, except...

    La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe
  • 1978
    Bye-Bye Bavaria!

    Bye-Bye Bavaria!

    Bye-Bye Bavaria!

    21978HD

    A renowned and sensitive poet and writer is fed up with the crudenesses of his native Bavaria and, in a well-publicized move, says he refuses even to...

    Bye-Bye Bavaria!
  • 1979
    Der Komantsche

    Der Komantsche

    Der Komantsche

    01979HD

    After several years in a coma, the Comanche, an Indian, wakes up in a Bavarian hospital. But reality does not match the dreams he had of it during...

    Der Komantsche
  • 1974
    The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner

    The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner

    The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner

    7.1591974HD

    A study of the psychology of a champion ski-flyer, whose full-time occupation is carpentry.

    The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
  • 1989
    Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

    Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

    Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

    7.11989HD

    Herzog's documentary of the Wodaabe people of the Sahara/Sahel region. Particular attention is given to the tribe's spectacular courtship rituals and...

    Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun
  • 1985
    The Practice of Love

    The Practice of Love

    The Practice of Love

    4.51985HD

    Judith is a maverick reporter who is also seeking a satisfying relationship with various men. She finds corruption and power-games everywhere.

    The Practice of Love
  • 1977
    Beer Chase

    Beer Chase

    Beer Chase

    5.81977HD

    A man who is dissatisfied with his senseless existence in his family-life and social status steals the uniform of a policeman and then enters the...

    Beer Chase