Wdr Movies

Constructed from still photos and inspired by the essay of the same name by Günter Kunert.

At the age of 24, Sicilian Alberto d'Ascola decided to move to Jamaica to get closer to reggae and his roots. Over the years, he has established himse...

Hans Scharoun has built houses which show not only structural substance and aesthetic forms but also how human beings should live in buildings. This d...

This film is at once a self-portrait and an homage to Jean-Marie Straub, Farocki's role model and former teacher at the Film Academy.

A Greek father, estranged from his German wife, kidnaps his daughter from her busy career mother in Berlin, and brings her home to live with his famil...

A silent film character is stuck in a German theater and wants to return to his film.

This is a family story that covers thirty years in the life of the Freytag family (narrated by the grandson, Robert). When his grandfather returns fro...

Even on Christmas Eve, Heinz Becker's wife Hilde and son Stefan are not granted any peace and quiet, as their head of the family with the Batschkapp a...

Rossini's opera for La Scala. Considered one of Rossini's most brilliant compositions, The Thieving Magpie stars Ileana Cortrubas and Nucci Condo.

Jörg Buttgereit, a lifelong fan of Japanese monster movies, as he travels to Japan to explore the world of Kaijū cinema — including iconic figures lik...

Mr. Vegas, stage name of Clifford Smith, is a stage animal who has been playing at the world's best reggae festivals since 1998. His fans are everywhe...

A portrait of a small-town that is the unlikely site of a 'renaissance' of 'safe' nuclear energy started in 2004, a project that soon spiraled out of...

Diamond expert Ronnie discovers a real gem: Ginnie. Struck by Cupid's arrow, he follows the pretty chance acquaintance to Belgium. As a front man for...

He was born as Anton Chen in Berlin in 1925. When the Nazis came to power in 1933, he first emigrated to Switzerland, then to China and finally to the...

A flurry of anonymous letters and two suicides leads Inspector Van der Valk to a mission in Drente where small-town hysteria may just lead to one of t...

Fabian Groys, a renowned journalist for a political news magazine, enjoys great freedom, since the stories he uncovers make for good sales. When he lo...

The amazing story of electronic music: its epic journey from its origins in Europe, at the hands of the great artists of the post-war classical avant-...

Gerd is a locksmith apprentice. In a dispute, he gives his boss a slap and is fired. He does not look for a new job. Instead he wants his freedom back...

A German Film Award winning short animation about endangered hedgehogs.

It is an unknown chapter of the German post-war history: On April 23rd, 1949, the kingdom of the Netherlands occupied German soil as a pledge for dema...