Edgar Reitz Movies

Elizabeth is a young woman who seeks happiness excessively burning out all those around her.

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...

A short film made for "Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded". A man in tears after watching a film watches other people leaving the theatre.

Documentary by Wilhelm Roth about the state of affairs of the Young German Cinema.

In the summer of 1967, journalist Katharina is visited in Munich by her French friend Anne. They take day trips and visit cafés,...

The story of a gold smith who is so obsessed with his own craft that he murders his customers.

Short by Edgar Reitz.

The Dumpster Kid is an artistic creation: in every story society forces her to learn something. But she, fully grown from the moment of her birth,...

Short by Bernhard Dörries, Edgar Reitz and Stefan Meuschel.

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

From the 1950s onwards, Erika and Ulrich Gregor brought countless film historical milestones to Berlin and shaped cinema discourse in post-war...

A documentary by Hans Günther Pflaum and Peter H. Schröder.

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

For over half a century, the filmmaker Edgar Reitz, one of the signatories of the Oberhausen Manifesto and a pioneer of epic film narration, has...

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

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