Stuttgart, die Großstadt zwischen Wald und Reben

Hans Schilling, who emigrated to Chile shortly before World War 1, comes from Valparaiso to visit his old hometown of Stuttgart after an absence of almost 22 years. His brother Georg Schilling, who stayed in Stuttgart, picks him up at the train station. He proudly shows the homecomer the prospering, Swabian metropolis, followed by impressions of the city's architecture, economy and culture.

1935-12-08 | de

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions at that time. Germany had just recovered a little from the worst consequences of the First World War, the great economic crisis was still a few years away and Hitler was not yet an issue at the time.

1927-09-23 | de

Decasia: The State of Decay

A meditation on the human quest to transcend physicality, constructed from decaying archival footage and set to an original symphonic score.

2002-01-24 | en

Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen

A documentary about some of the comedians of the silent era featuring clips from their films and biographical information.

2007-12-31 | en

Ansichten einer Stadt

A portrait of the German city of Ulm and it's social activities, fassades, court building. Also about the role of the district court during National Socialism.

1964-01-01 | de

The Liberation of Paris

French Resistance's documentary during the liberation of Paris in August 1944.

1944-08-26 | fr

Drei Frauen

2022-09-24 | de

Two Years, Four Months, A Day

With no choice, César faced leaving his family behind, quitting his job and joining the Army. In an unprecedented chain of events he became the first conscientious objector in Galicia (Spain) to be put in prison. Now, nearly thirty years later, Two Years, Four Months, A Day takes a look at what made him do it.

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Petroleum

Short film about the formation and extraction of petroleum

1941-06-10 | de

Vorfahrt 3. Teil: Abknickende Vorfahrt

Short film about the right of way turn off

1967-01-01 | de

Einordnen und Abbiegen

Short film about traffic rules

1966-01-01 | de

Echo

A reframing of the classic tale of Narcissus, the director draws on snippets of conversation with a trusted friend to muse on gender and identity. Just as shimmers are difficult to grasp as knowable entities, so does the concept of a gendered self feel unknowable except through reflection. Is it Narcissus that Echo truly longs for, or simply the Knowing he possesses when gazing upon himself?

2023-09-15 | en

Timber Front

This black-and-white archival film outlines the importance of Canada's forests in the national war effort during the Second World War.

1940-01-01 | en

Visions of Lourdes

Charles Dekeukeleire, then a questioning Catholic, was spurred into making this documentary on a pilgrimage with the Catholic Young Workers’ Movement. The director’s approach is one of critical reflection; A film emotional and fervent, even acerbic.

1932-01-01 | xx

Ivan Hellberg, Baggerführer in Kiruna

Short documentary about an excavator operator in sweden

1960-01-01 | de

Neapel

Short documentary about Naples, Italy.

1960-01-01 | de

The First Foot

Voices from the past echo through the deserted, snow-covered stone houses in a village in the Caucasus Mountains.

1981-01-02 | ka

A Trip to Paramountown

Documentary short film depicting the filmmaking activity at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, featuring dozens of stars captured candidly and at work.

1922-07-10 | en

Goya

Presents life in 18th century Spain as the painter Francisco de Goya showed it to us.

1950-10-01 | it

Leonardo da Vinci

1952-11-20 | it