Christoph Schlingensief Movies

The movie version of Christoph Schlingensief's stageplay.

Film by Kluge and Aust.

The German Wagner under the Reinheitsgebot and Manaus under his plume of steam, this does not fit, it collides - and is just for this pure energy.

A gloomy small town at peace with itself on the edge of a bizarre industrial landscape. The former night watchman of the industrial complex is...

The first short film shot by Schlingensief at the age of eight with some “friends of the basement” and featuring a drama divided into...

A docudrama about the eventful life of Domenica Niehoff, a high-class prostitute from Hamburg who later became a social worker: Domenica’s...

In Mea Culpa, Christoph Schlingensief blurs a delicate line: he ignores the threshold that separates the healthy from the sick. By making his cancer...

Documentary about the German artist Martin Kippenberger (1953-1997).

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

A traumatized young man, abused by his father, imagines himself as Adolf Hitler when dreaming of revenge. Schlingensief released this film, which...

The first part of the little trilogy Phantasus muss anders werden; What happened to Magdalena Jung?; and Tunguska – Die Kisten sind da...

An early short film by Christoph Schlingensief, that is already dealing with German bourgeoisie and reality TV. In this television programme...

A pure nightmare: outtakes of a film that consists of nothing but outtakes. Its truest moment is a dream sequence in which the torturous initial...

What does Che Guevara"s mythic presence represent to people at the turn of the century, and how do people define their concept of utopia?

The capital Berlin is heavily in debt. Annually it takes 16 billion euros, but gives out 20 billion. The minus is covered by loans, which in turn...

A psychodrama based on the criminal activities of the former STASI (state security police) in the now defunct German Democratic Republic.

Documentary about filmmaker, author, director, and performance artist Christoph Schlingensief and his last major project, building an opera village...

“Perpetrators and victims in the generational conflict, wolves in Berlin and sheep in Wales. Contrary to popular expectations, but in keeping...