Edgar Reitz Movies

Combining fictional and documentary modes, the film takes a critical stance toward Frankfurt's public sphere and urban redevelopment. Despite the serious formal and political concerns of the film, Kluge's heightened sense of the absurd safeguards a reserve of utopian optimism.

Short by Edgar Reitz and his daughter Susanne Reitz.

The story of a gold smith who is so obsessed with his own craft that he murders his customers.

Documentary by Wilhelm Roth about the state of affairs of the Young German Cinema.

Poetic documentary about the vanished culture of the Maya.

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

In 1968, the young Edgar Reitz teaches filmmaking at a girls’ school – a ground-breaking educational experiment. Fifty-five years later, there is a class reunion.

A short by Alexander Kluge.

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 inhabitants try to adjust to the new authority.

Documentary, trying to catch up with the latest developments in the field of communication.

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

Short by Edgar Reitz.

Short by Bernhard Dörries, Edgar Reitz and Stefan Meuschel.

A short montage about rhythm, movement, and speed.

Filmmaker Utz Kastenholz has accompanied Edgar Reitz during the filming of the third part of the legendary family chronicle "Heimat". The fictitious town of Schabbach, home to the TV family Simon, for many audience members has become a synonym for their own experience. "Schabbach ist überall"...