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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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

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

Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim

2012-10-14 | fr

Kokain-Krämpfe bei der Katze

Resorptive symptoms of intoxication after injection of cocaine in cats. Motor and vegetative arousal stages, tonic-clonic spasms and their spread in the motor system are shown in the individual phases of the poisoning.

1939-01-01 | de

Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo

2012-10-08 | fr

Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit

1965-12-02 | fr

50 años de... Canciones

2009-11-12 | es

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

Drei Frauen

2022-09-24 | de

Reservisten

A report on the work of a reservist collective from a factory of the Guben chemical fiber combine.

1967-01-01 | de

The Liberation of Paris

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

1944-08-26 | fr

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

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

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

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

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

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