Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg is a German film director and intellectual. For Syberberg, cinema is a form of Gesamtkunstwerk. Many commentators, including Syberberg himself, have characterized his work as a cinematic combination of Bertolt Brecht's doctrine of epic theatre and Richard Wagner's operatic aesthetics. Syberberg's work has attracted criticism at least since the publication of the film script of Hitler: A Film from Germany, particularly from the Left, who were amongst many targets of his criticism in that book.
The Last Days of Humanity
as Self (archive footage)The panorama of human affairs encounters the “man with a movie camera”. His playground has no...
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The Night of the Filmmakers
as SelfA meditation on the first 100 years of German cinema, featuring an assembly of German filmmakers.
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The Ister
as HimselfThe Ister is a 3000km journey to the heart of Europe, from the mouth of the Danube river on the...
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Sex-Business: Made in Pasing
as Self - InterviewerInterview with German softcore film director Alois Brummer
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Leaving and Staying
as SelfMeetings with readers, acquaintances and contemporaries of writer Uwe Johnson at the places...
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Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
as SelfBBC documentary about the rise of the New German Cinema and several of its most important figures.
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Romy: Anatomy of a Face
as SelfDocumentary about young actress Romy Schneider, capturing just the right moment between her...
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Demmin Cantos
as SelfHans Jürgen Syberberg grew up in the town of Demmin, the subject of his current film. The...
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