Michael Ballhaus Movies

  • 2002
    Starbuck Holger Meins

    Starbuck Holger Meins

    Starbuck Holger Meins

    5.22002HD

    Twenty-five years after the death of Holger Meins, filmmaker and former student friend of the deceased, Gerd Conradt takes an in-depth look at the...

    Starbuck Holger Meins
  • 1984
    Heartbreakers

    Heartbreakers

    Heartbreakers

    5.21984HD

    Blue, a yet-to-be discovered painter, is left by his longtime girlfriend because she considers him too immature for a lasting relationship. Eli,...

    Heartbreakers
  • 2008
    Mister Karl

    Mister Karl

    Mister Karl

    02008HD

    A documentary about the life of Karlheinz Böhm from his film career to his charity activities in Ethiopia.

    Mister Karl
  • 1977
    Curd Jürgens - Der Filmstar, der vom Theater kam

    Curd Jürgens - Der Filmstar, der vom Theater kam

    Curd Jürgens - Der Filmstar, der vom Theater kam

    61977HD

    Curd Jürgens - Der Filmstar, der vom Theater kam
  • 2008
    Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte

    Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte

    Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte

    6.32008HD

    This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German...

    Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
  • 1972
    Adele Spitzeder

    Adele Spitzeder

    Adele Spitzeder

    101972HD

    The true story of Adele Spitzeder, who started her own private bank in 1870s Bavaria by promising everyone that gave her money high interest rates....

    Adele Spitzeder
  • 1981
    Looping

    Looping

    Looping

    4.51981HD

    A small carnival is in dire financial straits. Their show is attracting fewer and fewer paying customers, as their "attractions" are ageing, out of...

    Looping
  • 1971
    Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8

    Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8

    Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8

    71971HD

    About the making of "Der amerikanische Soldat/The American Soldier" in 1970.

    Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8
  • 1977
    Adolf and Marlene

    Adolf and Marlene

    Adolf and Marlene

    71977HD

    When Hitler watches Marlene Dietrich in a movie, he falls in love with her. He persuades her to come back to Germany to be with him, but upon her...

    Adolf and Marlene
  • 1969
    Der Kidnapper

    Der Kidnapper

    Der Kidnapper

    01969HD

    Der Kidnapper
  • 1974
    The Island

    The Island

    The Island

    71974HD

    A commissioned work for a television series on WDR, A House for Us. FROM THE FAMILY OF REPTILES and THE ISLAND are a complete program in two...

    The Island
  • 1987
    Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk

    Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk

    Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk

    01987HD

    Documentary about the shooting of BOURBON STREET BLUES.

    Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk
  • 1974
    From the Family of Reptiles

    From the Family of Reptiles

    From the Family of Reptiles

    71974HD

    A commissioned work for a television series on WDR, A House for Us. FROM THE FAMILY OF REPTILES and THE ISLAND are a complete program in two...

    From the Family of Reptiles
  • 1978
    Der Gehilfe

    Der Gehilfe

    Der Gehilfe

    81978HD

    In 1930s New York, Morris Bober runs a grocery store that barely keeps his head above water. When his store is robbed one day and the few takings...

    Der Gehilfe
  • 2011
    The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited

    The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited

    The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited

    6.52011HD

    This absolutely top-notch documentary by Robert Fischer is a fascinating look back at not just the film in question, but Fassbinder's meteoric career...

    The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited
  • 1981
    Today We're Playing Boss

    Today We're Playing Boss

    Today We're Playing Boss

    4.51981HD

    Film extras take possession of a bogus film production company and acting as ideal world of film to persuade one associates mother-in-law of marriage.

    Today We're Playing Boss
  • 1971
    Whity

    Whity

    Whity

    5.41971HD

    "Whity" is the mulatto butler of the dysfunctional Nicholson family in the American Southwest in 1878. The father, Ben Nicholson, has an attractive...

    Whity
  • 1972
    Der Held

    Der Held

    Der Held

    01972HD

    Der Held
  • 1964
    Das Martyrium des Peter OHey

    Das Martyrium des Peter OHey

    Das Martyrium des Peter OHey

    81964HD

    Poetic fable about the sophisticated rape of civil rights by a totalitarian power. The orderly existence of Peter O'Hey and his family is shaken one...

    Das Martyrium des Peter OHey
  • 1979
    Bourbon Street Blues

    Bourbon Street Blues

    Bourbon Street Blues

    6.11979HD

    An adaptation of Tennessee Williams' "The Lady Larkspur Lotion" created by Douglas Sirk with the assistance of his film students and Rainer Werner...

    Bourbon Street Blues