City of Angels

City of Angels

When a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders...

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Wings of Desire

Wings of Desire

Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the...

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Wrong Move

Wrong Move

Six days in the life of Wilhelm: a detached man without qualities. He wants to write, so his mother gives him a ticket to Bonn, telling him to live...

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The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

Goalkeeper Josef Bloch is sent off after committing a foul during an away game. This causes him to lose his bearings, and he wanders aimlessly...

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The Left-Handed Woman

The Left-Handed Woman

Mourning for a lost relationship can be every bit as devastating as mourning for someone who has died. In this drama based on the director's own...

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The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez

The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez

A man and a woman share their musings on love and freedom one summer night. The couple’s conversation meanders through memories, unspoken desires...

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Chronik der laufenden Ereignisse

Chronik der laufenden Ereignisse

About two young men who come to the city in need of new experiences and some action. But life in the city is such that there was nothing left to...

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Offending the Audience

Offending the Audience

Four actors analyze the nature of theatre for an hour and then alternately insult the audience and praise its “performance.” TV recording of the...

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Short Letter to the Long Goodbye

Short Letter to the Long Goodbye

A young German man who has just arrived in America, hopes to get over the collapse of his marriage. However, he soon discovers that his ex-wife is...

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3 American LPs

3 American LPs

Another short was 3 American LPs, which was the first film I did with Peter Handke. It was a film about American music, about three pieces of three...

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The Malady of Death

The Malady of Death

In the space of a short 65 minutes, a woman enters the luxury apartment of a wealthy man with an eccentric fascination for the female form and is...

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The Absence

The Absence

Four nameless people -- the old man, the woman, the soldier, and the gambler -- journey to a desolate wasteland beyond the limits of an unnamed city.

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Kaspar

Kaspar

Related to the well-known story of how a young man, who came to be called Kaspar Hauser, appeared in a German town in 1828, apparently not able to...

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