Peter Nestler Movies

  • 1961
    Und sowas nennt sich Leben

    Und sowas nennt sich Leben

    Und sowas nennt sich Leben

    71961HD

    Und sowas nennt sich Leben
  • 1963
    The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle

    The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle

    The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle

    6.21963HD

    A strangler is loose on a British estate, and he not only strangles his victims but brands an "M" onto their foreheads before he decapitates them.

    The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle
  • 1958
    Der Schinderhannes

    Der Schinderhannes

    Der Schinderhannes

    6.81958HD

    1802: The adventurous life story of Hans Bückler, known as “Schinderhannes”, who fights against the French occupying forces and...

    Der Schinderhannes
  • 1961
    Black Gravel

    Black Gravel

    Black Gravel

    71961HD

    Tensions rise when a U.S. military base is built in a small village in post-war Germany.

    Black Gravel
  • 1965
    A Working Men's Club in Sheffield

    A Working Men's Club in Sheffield

    A Working Men's Club in Sheffield

    5.91965HD

    A documentary of the town of Sheffield's main pub and the people who went there.

    A Working Men's Club in Sheffield
  • 1966
    Abschied

    Abschied

    Abschied

    01966HD

    The burial of an old woman leads to several complications among family and friends.

    Abschied
  • 1983
    I Don't Want To See Sorrowful Faces

    I Don't Want To See Sorrowful Faces

    I Don't Want To See Sorrowful Faces

    01983HD

    Still photography combined with moving imagery in this portrait of civic life in Chile. Made for Swedish public television almost a decade after the...

    I Don't Want To See Sorrowful Faces
  • 1996
    Hararna fångar och steker jägaren

    Hararna fångar och steker jägaren

    Hararna fångar och steker jägaren

    01996HD

    Peter Nestler illustrates a poem by Hans Sachs from 1540.

    Hararna fångar och steker jägaren
  • 1991
    Am Rand

    Am Rand

    Am Rand

    01991HD

    Documentary about empty space in Berlin

    Am Rand
  • 2009
    Death and the Devil

    Death and the Devil

    Death and the Devil

    52009HD

    Ethnologist and adventurer, Count Eric von Rosen was a man of contradictions: interested in the natives of Africa and colonial racism. Nestler...

    Death and the Devil
  • 1973
    Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene

    Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene

    Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene

    5.51973HD

    This is a small, intense film based on Schoenberg’s opus of the same name with the subtitle “danger, fear, catastrophe”. It deals...

    Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene
  • 1963
    Essays

    Essays

    Essays

    7.21963HD

    A cheerful take on the lives of school children in a Swiss rural environment. Young pupils recite short essays they have written on subjects such as...

    Essays
  • 1981
    Hiroshima - Ahead of Us?

    Hiroshima - Ahead of Us?

    Hiroshima - Ahead of Us?

    5.51981HD

    This work produced by Swedish television, where Swedish kids reads texts written by Japanese kids about their experiencing of and surviving the...

    Hiroshima - Ahead of Us?
  • 1964
    Mülheim on the Ruhr

    Mülheim on the Ruhr

    Mülheim on the Ruhr

    6.21964HD

    This dialogue-free short is edited to music and the rhythms of change in a small town in the Ruhr region, shot a few years after the first mining...

    Mülheim on the Ruhr
  • 1966
    From Greece

    From Greece

    From Greece

    7.61966HD

    The first part of this film is devoted to the Greek resistance against fascism and the civil war for independence. While the voice-over recites facts...

    From Greece
  • 1970
    Being Gypsy

    Being Gypsy

    Being Gypsy

    5.71970HD

    Roma and Sinti people talk about their experiences in the Third Reich and the Federal Republic of Germany, inspired by Otto Pankok’s paintings...

    Being Gypsy
  • 2002
    Die Verwandlung des guten Nachbarn

    Die Verwandlung des guten Nachbarn

    Die Verwandlung des guten Nachbarn

    02002HD

    The revolt at Sobibór extermination camp in October 1943 is a central episode of resistance against national socialism. Thomas...

    Die Verwandlung des guten Nachbarn
  • 1968
    Sightseeing

    Sightseeing

    Sightseeing

    01968HD

    A short pamphlet based on a text by Peter Weiss and on the contrapuntal use of the relation between image and sound. The commercial activities and...

    Sightseeing
  • 1970
    How to Make Glass (Manually)

    How to Make Glass (Manually)

    How to Make Glass (Manually)

    01970HD

    Peter and Zsóka Nestler collaborated on this film, an exploration of the working techniques involved in the process of glass-making.

    How to Make Glass (Manually)
  • 1970
    Varför är det krig?

    Varför är det krig?

    Varför är det krig?

    01970HD

    Essay film about the origins of war in human history

    Varför är det krig?