Edgar Reitz Movies

A documentary about the Hunsrück (an area in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) and its people.

Short by Bernhard Dörries, Edgar Reitz and Stefan Meuschel.

A short montage about rhythm, movement, and speed.

Combining fictional and documentary modes, the film takes a critical stance toward Frankfurt's public sphere and urban redevelopment. Despite the...

Short by Edgar Reitz.

Documentary, trying to catch up with the latest developments in the field of communication.

A study of Alexander Kluge that also emulates his technique of seeking and linking. Kluge reads aloud, Kluge recounts, including stories from his...

In 1968, the young Edgar Reitz teaches filmmaking at a girls’ school – a ground-breaking educational experiment. Fifty-five years later,...

Anna Hepp meets with renowned German director Edgar Reitz in one of Germany’s most famous cinemas: the Lichtburg in Essen. Reitz talks about...

Short by Edgar Reitz and his daughter Susanne Reitz.

Filmmaker Utz Kastenholz has accompanied Edgar Reitz during the filming of the third part of the legendary family chronicle "Heimat". The fictitious...

A short by Alexander Kluge.

Poetic documentary about the vanished culture of the Maya.

Early documentary by Edgar Reitz.

A meditation on the first 100 years of German cinema, featuring an assembly of German filmmakers.