Edgar Reitz Movies

A documentary about the Hunsrück (an area in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) and its people.

Kluge’s short-film starring his sister/muse Alexandra.

Lulu, the daughter of musician Hermann Simon, is looking for something she feels is missing from her life. She delves into the past and is...

In July 1945, US troops are leaving Saxony and Thuringia while the Red Army takes control of the territories. In a small village near Leipzig, the...

Short by Edgar Reitz.

Elizabeth is a young woman who seeks happiness excessively burning out all those around her.

A large, darkened, rectangular room. A total of 16 screens hover in rows of four above the viewers' heads, arranged in such a way that each of the 4...

Short by Edgar Reitz and his daughter Susanne Reitz.

Anna Hepp meets with renowned German director Edgar Reitz in one of Germany’s most famous cinemas: the Lichtburg in Essen. Reitz talks about...

Early documentary by Edgar Reitz.

Short by Bernhard Dörries, Edgar Reitz and Stefan Meuschel.

Filmmaker Utz Kastenholz has accompanied Edgar Reitz during the filming of the third part of the legendary family chronicle "Heimat". The fictitious...

A short montage about rhythm, movement, and speed.

A short by Alexander Kluge.

Poetic documentary about the vanished culture of the Maya.