Heinz Emigholz Movies

  • 1993
    Stalingrad

    Stalingrad

    Stalingrad

    7.31993HD

    A German Platoon is explored through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After half of their number is wiped out and they're placed...

    Stalingrad
  • 2021
    The Last City

    The Last City

    The Last City

    02021HD

    An archaeologist and a weapons designer, who knew each other in a previous life as a filmmaker and a psychoanalyst, meet at an excavation site in the...

    The Last City
  • 1979
    Execution: A Story of Mary

    Execution: A Story of Mary

    Execution: A Story of Mary

    51979HD

    This film is in effect a slideshow of exquisite single photographic images in sparkling black and white, representing Mikesch’s own version of...

    Execution: A Story of Mary
  • 1995
    Brother of Sleep

    Brother of Sleep

    Brother of Sleep

    6.71995HD

    In the beginning of the 19th century, Johannes Elias Alder is born in a small village in the Austrian mountains. While growing up he is considered...

    Brother of Sleep
  • 1970
    Bombenwerfer

    Bombenwerfer

    Bombenwerfer

    01970HD

    Bombenwerfer
  • 2017
    2 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]

    2 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]

    2 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]

    4.82017HD

    Worn-down pavements, broken paving stones. Trees that jut out of the concrete, casting shadows on to crumbling façades. The centre of Tbilisi...

    2 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]
  • 2001
    Sullivan's Banks

    Sullivan's Banks

    Sullivan's Banks

    52001HD

    Emigholz presents the buildings of the great American architect Louis Sullivan (1856–1924). “In everything that men do they leave an...

    Sullivan's Banks
  • 2012
    Perret in France and Algeria

    Perret in France and Algeria

    Perret in France and Algeria

    72012HD

    Lauded artist-filmmaker Heinz Emigholz (Schindler's Houses) offers an exquisite excursus on the work of pioneering French architect Auguste Perret,...

    Perret in France and Algeria
  • 2012
    Parabeton: Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman Concrete

    Parabeton: Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman Concrete

    Parabeton: Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman Concrete

    5.82012HD

    The third autobiography in the series deals with modern architecture. For the grand finale, he covers a broad historical spectrum: Parabeton tells of...

    Parabeton: Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman Concrete
  • 2016
    Bickels [Socialism]

    Bickels [Socialism]

    Bickels [Socialism]

    4.42016HD

    The ‘Casa do Povo’ cultural centre in São Paulo, an icon of the secular Jewish workers’ movement: a crumbling theatre...

    Bickels [Socialism]
  • 2007
    Schindler's Houses

    Schindler's Houses

    Schindler's Houses

    72007HD

    Both a beguiling meditation on the aesthetic of a city and a loving tribute to a great architect, Heinz Emigholz's documentary examines urban Los...

    Schindler's Houses
  • 2009
    Saturn Returns

    Saturn Returns

    Saturn Returns

    5.52009HD

    Lucy, a privileged North American in contemporary Berlin, living a life of post Punk hedonism, roams the streets with her best friend, Derek....

    Saturn Returns
  • 1989
    Virgin Machine

    Virgin Machine

    Virgin Machine

    4.51989HD

    A German woman travels to San Francisco to find her mother, but winds up distracted by the sexually flamboyant culture of the city.

    Virgin Machine
  • 2014
    The Airstrip - Decampment of Modernism, Part III

    The Airstrip - Decampment of Modernism, Part III

    The Airstrip - Decampment of Modernism, Part III

    52014HD

    In the 21st part of his Photography and beyond series, Heinz Emigholz projects as usual a series of structures into our brains and from there on to...

    The Airstrip - Decampment of Modernism, Part III
  • 1987
    She Must Be Seeing Things

    She Must Be Seeing Things

    She Must Be Seeing Things

    5.21987HD

    Agatha is an international lawyer, Jo a filmmaker. The two women are lovers. While Jo is on the road showing her films, Agatha discovers and reads...

    She Must Be Seeing Things
  • 1985
    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    01985HD

    Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.

    Home Movies 1971-81
  • 2001
    Maillart's Bridges

    Maillart's Bridges

    Maillart's Bridges

    4.82001HD

    Famed Swiss architect and artist Robert Maillart was renowned for his concrete bridges; this documentary examines the elegant design of his...

    Maillart's Bridges
  • 2016
    Le Corbusier [IIIII] Asger Jorn [Relief]

    Le Corbusier [IIIII] Asger Jorn [Relief]

    Le Corbusier [IIIII] Asger Jorn [Relief]

    5.52016HD

    Le Corbusier [IIIII] Asger Jorn [Relief] contrasts the Villa Savoye, built by Le Corbusier in 1931, and Asger Jorn’s Grand Relief, which the...

    Le Corbusier [IIIII] Asger Jorn [Relief]
  • 2019
    Years of Construction

    Years of Construction

    Years of Construction

    6.62019HD

    Demolition of the old and building of the new Kunsthalle in Mannheim in the years 2013 to 2018.

    Years of Construction
  • 1982
    Macumba

    Macumba

    Macumba

    01982HD

    Max Taurus, a sort of amateur detective, pursues the traces of general omni-present crime back to a partially demolished house. There, the remaining...

    Macumba