Wim Wenders

Born: 1945-08-14

Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker and playwright, who is a major figure in New German Cinema.[1] Among the honors he has received are prizes from the Cannes, Venice and Berlin film festivals. He has also received a BAFTA Award and been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Grammy Award. Wenders made his feature film debut with Summer in the City (1970). He earned critical acclaim for directing the films Alice in the Cities (1974), The Wrong Move (1975), and Kings of the Road (1976), later known as the Road Movie trilogy. Wenders won the BAFTA Award for Best Direction and the Palme d'Or for Paris, Texas (1984) and the Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award for Wings of Desire (1987). His other notable films include The American Friend (1977), Faraway, So Close! (1993), and Perfect Days (2023). Wenders has received three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature: for Buena Vista Social Club (1999), Pina (2011), and The Salt of the Earth (2014). He received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video for Willie Nelson at the Teatro (1998). He is also known for directing the documentaries Tokyo-Ga (1985), The Soul of a Man (2003), and Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (2018). Wenders has been the president of the European Film Academy since 1996 and won an Honorary Golden Bear in 2015. He is an active photographer, emphasizing images of desolate landscapes. He is considered an auteur director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wim Wenders, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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The Million Dollar Hotel

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Released: 2000-02-09

The Million Dollar Hotel starts with a jump from a roof top that clears up a death in a hotel...

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Zeroville

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Released: 2019-09-19

A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.

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Alice in the Cities

as Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)
Released: 1974-05-17

German journalist Philip Winter has a case of writer’s block when trying to write an article...

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The American Friend

as Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)
Released: 1977-06-24

Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture...

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Wrong Move

as Man in Dining Car (uncredited)
Released: 1975-06-29

Six days in the life of Wilhelm: a detached man without qualities. He wants to write, so his...

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Kings of the Road

as Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
Released: 1976-03-04

Itinerant projection-equipment repairman Bruno Winter and depressed hitchhiker Robert Lander - a...

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The State of Things

as Tram Passenger (uncredited)
Released: 1982-03-22

On location in Portugal, a film crew runs out of film while making their own version of Roger...

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The Salt of the Earth

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Released: 2014-08-29

During the last forty years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the...

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Close Up

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Released: 2012-09-30

More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press...

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Room 666

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Released: 1982-06-01

During the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, Wenders asks a number of global film directors to, one at...

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Cannes Uncut

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Released: 2023-06-12

A luminary-packed tribute that lifts the curtain on the Cannes Film Festival in its 75th year –...

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Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

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Released: 2002-05-18

Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled...

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Pope Francis: A Man of His Word

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Released: 2018-05-18

Pope Francis responds to questions from around the world, discussing topics including ecology,...

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Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

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Released: 2022-10-27

With exclusive behind-the-scenes access into Herzog’s everyday life, rare archive material and...

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Room 999

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Released: 2023-10-05

In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema,...

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Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

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Released: 2013-09-11

An impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor Harry Dean Stanton comprised of intimate...

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The Art of Football from A to Z

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Released: 2006-05-25

Funnyman John Cleese leads viewers through an exhaustive -- and hilarious -- tour of the world...

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Film: The Living Record of Our Memory

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Released: 2022-08-12

Why are we still able, today, to view images that were captured over 125 years ago? As we enter...

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Wim Wenders, Desperado

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Released: 2020-07-16

"Wings Of Desire" and "Buena Vista Social Club", "Paris, Texas" and "The State Of Things": Wim...

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Cannes: All Access

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Released: 2007-10-27

From its simple beginnings in 1939 in a sleepy beach town in the south of France, the...

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Helsinki Napoli All Night Long

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Released: 1987-11-13

Alex is a Finnish taxi driver in Berlin. One evening pits two men feel comfortable in his taxi...

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A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

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Released: 2020-11-01

Born in Berlin in 1896, Lotte Eisner became famous for her passionate involvement in the world...

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Love in Hollywood

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Released: 1996-12-08

Various Hollywood people talk about love.

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A Fuller Life

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Released: 2013-08-28

Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this...

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Henri Langlois vu par...

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Released: 2014-07-27

Thirteen filmmakers talk about Henri Langlois and their relationship with him.

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What Do You Know About Me

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Released: 2009-10-16

Until the 1970s, Italian cinema dominated the international scene, even competing with...

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Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life

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Released: 2016-09-11

An account of the life and work of the legendary cinematographer and director Carlo Di Palma...

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The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

as Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)
Released: 1975-11-05

Goalkeeper Josef Bloch is sent off after committing a foul during an away game. This causes him...

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Plankton Salesmen

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Released: 2017-10-29

A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in the early 2000s in...

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Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen

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Released: 2004-09-04

Documentary on the life and work of B-movie filmmaker Edgar G. Ulmer, spanning from his early...

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Talking with Ozu

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Released: 1993-11-27

A tribute to the legendary Japanese film director featuring the reflections of filmmakers...

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Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us

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Released: 2003-07-01

This is a documentary about the making of "Wings of Desire" (1987). The director, writer,...

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Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard

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Released: 2011-10-27

From myth to legend Rowland Howard appeared on the early Melbourne punk scene like a phantom out...

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One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years

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Released: 2008-01-24

The early films of Wim Wenders are now regarded as landmarks of European film. Alice in the...

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Along for the Ride

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Released: 2016-11-03

A documentary chronicling the filmmaking career of Dennis Hopper.

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Long Shot

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Released: 1978-11-17

A budding Scottish film producer tries to get his ambitious Aberdeen-set western financed, and...

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French Cinema Mon Amour

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Released: 2015-07-06

French Cinema Mon Amour is an ensemble film in which each contributor brings their own voice,...

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Tausend Augen

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Released: 1984-05-13

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Now

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Released: 2021-08-26

A documentary that shows how young activists from around the globe such as Felix Finkbeiner...

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The Legend of the Palme d'Or

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Released: 2015-05-20

From Martin Scorsese to Jane Campion, from Emir Kusturica to Quentin Tarantino, some of the...

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Lightning Over Water

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Released: 1980-10-01

Director 'Nicholas Ray' is eager to complete a final film before his imminent death from cancer....

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Hitler in Hollywood

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Released: 2011-05-04

A bio-doc about Micheline Presle changes into a thrilling investigation of the long hidden truth...

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Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders

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Released: 1990-04-25

Though very polite and British, this feature-length documentary about German filmmaker Wim...

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Paul Auster: What If

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Released: 2019-02-12

A look at the world of US writer Paul Auster, on the occasion of the publication of his new...

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Fassbinder in Hollywood

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Released: 2002-07-02

Though he never actually worked in Hollywood, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who died in 1982 at the...

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Notebook on Cities and Clothes

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Released: 1989-12-20

Wim Wenders talks with Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto about the creative process and...

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Picture of Europe

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Released: 1990-04-25

What makes European cinema so special? Find out in Paul Joyce’s feature-length documentary,...

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The Night of the Filmmakers

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Released: 1995-02-12

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

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Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

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Released: 2004-05-01

The inevitable fat cigar between his fingers, the American actor, director and fine artist...

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Alekan le magnifique

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Released: 1998-12-31

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Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors

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Released: 2022-09-01

From the 1950s onwards, Erika and Ulrich Gregor brought countless film historical milestones to...

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Living the Light: Robby Müller

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Released: 2018-09-20

For her extraordinary film essay, Living the Light, Director and Director of Photography Claire...

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Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait

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Released: 1994-01-01

A 1993 portrait of rock singer and poet Nick Cave, a versatile artist who gained importance over...

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Janela da Alma

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Released: 2001-10-20

Nineteen people with differing degrees of visual impairment – from mild nearsightedness to total...

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Veränderung

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Released: 2020-04-30

Wim Wenders ponders about the future of our society and film making amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982

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Released: 1982-09-15

Wim Wenders's atmospheric testimony about the problems he encountered while working on...

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FreeDogme

as himself
Released: 2000-01-01

Marie Berthelius and Roger Narbonne conference call Lars von Trier, Win Wenders, Lone Scherfig,...

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Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter

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Released: 2011-04-07

Werner Schroeter was one of the most significant proponents of New German Cinema. Schroeter was...

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Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen

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Released: 2015-02-13

Documentary about German film critic Michael Althen.

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Viaggio in Bergmania

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Released: 2011-04-16

This is a cinematic pilgrimage by two young Turkish directors to their biggest source of...

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Everything Will Change

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Released: 2022-07-14

In a dystopian 2054, three young rebels go on a journey to find traces of the long lost beauty...

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Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)

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Released: 2003-02-10

We are taken though the principal milestones of Hopper's biography, including his debut start in...

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Snowblind

as Gray Fox
Released: 2010-11-11

A lone gunman gets a last-minute pardon from death row, with the mission to deliver a woman of...

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Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider

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Released: 2016-06-29

The life & times of Dennis Hopper, showbiz maestro and Hollywood eccentric.

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Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada

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Released: 2008-10-29

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A Trick of the Light

as Regisseur / Milchmann
Released: 1995-11-28

A rare gem of cinematic storytelling that weaves docudrama, fictional reenactment, and...

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Summer in the City

as Billardspieler (uncredited)
Released: 1971-10-08

After an extensive prison term, a free man wanders into a new reality.

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Why Are We (Not) Creative?

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Released: 2021-10-20

In this second installment of his exploration of creativity, Hermann Vaske looks for factors...

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Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring

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Released: 1993-12-30

“The bear leaves Berlin. It is fed up with its city. On the way two Russian ladies, Anna and her...

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Love and So Forth

as Student
Released: 1968-09-29

Munich, 1968: a period of liberation, student revolts, state repression. Amidst the...

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Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany

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Released: 2015-07-03

A documentary on the 1973 Sam Fuller film Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street.

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The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov

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Released: 2017-04-06

August 2015, a courtroom in Rostov-on-Don. A man is peering through the bars of his cage, his...

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Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'

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Released: 1990-04-25

Documentary about the making of Wim Wenders' 1984 film, with interviews conducted in 1989.

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High Maintenance

as Self
Released: 2020-12-12

A fascinating journey through the life of Israeli artist Dani Karavan, an irreverent and...

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Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary

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Released: 2022-09-25

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Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

as Self
Released: 1976-12-02

BBC documentary about the rise of the New German Cinema and several of its most important figures.

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Wim Wenders in Tokyo

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Released: 1990-12-31

A documentary which follows director Wim Wenders and Sean Naughton, the high-definition-video...

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Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas

as Self
Released: 2012-10-10

The many references in contemporary film to Edward Hopper's works, as well as the widespread...

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Beyond the Bolex

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Released: 2018-11-08

Filmmaker Alyssa Bolsey stumbles on a treasure trove of vintage cameras, old film reels, fading...

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CAN and Me

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Released: 2022-09-28

In 1968, musician Irmin Schmidt and friends founded the avant-garde band "Can", which achieved...

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Restoring Time

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Released: 2015-02-03

Documentary about the efforts to preserve and restore the films of German director Wim Wenders.

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Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years

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Released: 2008-03-01

In intimate conversations Wim Wenders talks about his sheltered upbringing in post-war Germany....

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Kleiner Mann ganz groß

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Released: 1994-11-11

Documentary feature about German actor Heinz Rühmann made shortly before his death in 1994.

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In quanto a noi

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Released: 2022-08-31

History flows, the darkness wets our clothes.

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3 American LPs

as uncredited
Released: 1969-11-17

Another short was 3 American LPs, which was the first film I did with Peter Handke. It was a...

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Three for the Road

as Self
Released: 2016-05-31

Interview with director Wim Wenders conducted and edited by filmmaker Michael Almereyda.

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Alekan, la lumière

as Self
Released: 1988-08-04

An episode of the show "Océaniques " about the craft and lighting techniques of the legendary...

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NDR Talk Show

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First aired: 1979-02-09

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Die Harald Schmidt Show

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First aired: 1995-12-05

The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian...

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Kölner Treff

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First aired: 1976-01-25

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Goldene Kamera Verleihung

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First aired: 1966-01-25

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Riverboat

as Self
First aired: 1992-01-03

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Midi Première

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-06

Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre...

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Bambi Awards

as Self
First aired: 1948-01-01

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented...

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Nachtcafé

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First aired: 1987-02-14

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Volle Kanne

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First aired: 1999-08-30

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Spécial cinéma

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First aired: 1974-09-25

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey

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First aired: 2011-09-03

A worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema...

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Leçon de Cinéma

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First aired: 2004-03-20

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German Genius

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First aired: 2023-05-23

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