Edgar Reitz Movies

A young German woman searches for happiness, liberation, and independence in the illusive wake of a transformative national recovery.

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,...

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

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...

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

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

Short by Edgar Reitz and his daughter Susanne Reitz.

Early documentary by Edgar Reitz.

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

A short montage about rhythm, movement, and speed.

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

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

Poetic documentary about the vanished culture of the Maya.

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

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