Herbert Achternbusch
Writer, actor, and German filmmaker born in Munich in 1938. He spent his childhood and youth in Bavaria, region which remains until today its major source of artistic inspiration. Their activity is very diverse: he has composed pieces for theater and radio scripts, translator, painter and sculptor. As different as his artistic activities is his work, and therefore difficult to classify. In the world of cinema, his career fits approaches independent, mostly defined by a position too personalistic, provocative, that has left a deep imprint on works eminently conceptual and avant-garde, as well as suggesting in criticism of the subjects addressed (religion, society, geographical framework in which wandering people, etc.). His films just transcend the commercial sector; It is one of the most followed by seekers of original, stories of passes in areas interested in film culture. His anarchist surrealistic films are not known to a wide audience in Germany, although one of them, Das Gespenst (The Ghost), caused a scandal in 1983 because of its alleged blasphemous content. Werner Herzog, a director of the New German Cinema, based his film Heart of Glass on a story by Achternbusch.
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
as country boy #1The film follows Kaspar Hauser (Bruno S.), who lived the first seventeen years of his life...
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The Atlantic Swimmers
as HerbertMunich Heinz and Herbert wants to escape the torturous confines of their home by swimming across...
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Heilt Hitler!
as uncreditedStalingrad, 1942: just as he is complaining about the "blockheads" who are in control, a German...
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Beer Chase
as Herbert, PolizistA man who is dissatisfied with his senseless existence in his family-life and social status...
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Attwenger Film
as Self (voice)A portrait of Attwenger, the duo from Upper Austria (Markus Binder and Hans-Peter Falkner). The...
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The Ghost
as OberJesus (played by the director) returns to present-day Bavaria, walks around Munich in a somewhat...
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Der Depp
as Der DeppVoted for in Sight & Sound's 2022 Greatest Films of all time poll.
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Hades
as HadesThis German political drama from iconoclastic filmmaker Herbert Achternbusch takes a slightly...
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Mixwix
as MixwixMix Wix tells the story of the owner of the Mix Wix department store, who has successfully done...
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Das Andechser Gefühl
as TeacherAn anxious teacher (played, as is the lead role in all his films, by the director) sits in a...
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Der Neger Erwin
as Der Neger ErwinA filmmaker (Achternbusch) is just released from prison and has to make a living with his...
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Rita Ritter
as PassengerA writer tries unsuccessfully to sell his screenplays and plays. He marries a television editor,...
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Punch Drunk
as uncreditedDr. Riesenhuber, the State Secretary of the Bavarian Ministry of Culture, can think of nothing...
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Neue Freiheit - Keine Jobs Schönes München: Stillstand
as HickChancellor Helmut Kohl is to blame in Germany and has to go away without violence. The homeless...
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Picasso in Munich
as PicassoIn this surrealist film director Picasso can awaken from the dead. He steals a paintings painted...
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