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The driving force behind the action is the scheming impostor Nebel, who fleeces the nouveau riche, especially Florian von Fett, formerly a master butcher, now a "partikulier" (private entrepreneur). Fett does not feel at home in the modern society to which he now belongs thanks to his wealth, and he covers up his insecurities with behavior that is sometimes naive, sometimes crude. The Marchese Vincelli embodies the parody of the ruined nobility, which has long since become unfit for life due to its excessive sensitivity, while the landlord of "Zum silbernen Rappen" is the cunning social climber of the people. A marriage-hungry old maid, an obediently curtsying daughter, and a snappy maid complete the panopticon of this cozy yet uncomfortable Biedermeier world.

Short fiction film about the overwhelming experience of a helpless old woman who has been torn from her familiar social environment and can no longer find her way in a monotonous suburban landscape.

At the documentary film seminar given by Gisela Tuchtenhagen at the dffb in 1979, three documentary portraits of women were made that were combined under the title “Küche, Theater, Krankenhaus” (Kitchen, Theatre, Krankenhaus). Students Lilly Grote, Irina Hoppe and Christine Domkowski took turns at doing the camerawork, sound and editing, supported by film editing lecturer Heide Breitel. [...] In Meine Freundin Helma, Irina Hoppe accompanies actress and theatre director Helma Fehrmann at rehearsals and in her private life. Lilly Grote’s film Beobachtungen auf Station 33 was made at the Urban-Krankenhaus hospital in Kreuzberg and doesn’t follow an individual person but rather the patients and nurses there during their everyday work. [...](Frederik Lang)

Walter Matthias Diggelmann (1927-1979) was one of Switzerland's most famous and also most controversial writers. Although his novelistic work is strongly auto-biographical, he always engaged in Swiss politics. In this movie, he says: "Although I am writer, my existence is that of a human, a contemporary, a witness, a believer, a doubter, a desperate, an accepter, a refuser, one who loves and wants to be loved, a hater, a creative, an ambitious, a good and a bad mensch". Filmmakers Walter Marti and Reni Mertens offered Diggelmann one hour of time in order to explain and to defend himself, to accuse, to apologize, to reconsider his judgments.

Documentary film.

A short film by Hans-Jakob Siber.

Film about the Hamburg district of Ottensen and the resistance of the residents against the planned renovation. It was shot from 1972 to 1975.

Celebrates the aesthetics of the sex act in sharp white photography.

The film shows a single-row beet harvester in action during the sugar beet harvest. The topping of the beets is shown at normal speed. The test conditions used are explained.

Filmed by WDR, featuring excerpts of a concert, some backstage shots, autograph signing, various bits of banter, a train trip to Devon, and a visit to a Scottish castle.

In 1972, James Lee Byers was invited by Harald Szeemann to participate in "documenta 5" in Kassel, where the performance "Calling German Names" marked a turning point in his career. Dressed in red silk, Byars called out a succession of common German names through a megaphone from the top of the Fridericianum. The performance was repeated that same year from the top of the clock tower in Berne.

In 1970, the year the band formed, Kraftwerk performed their first concert, appearing in Soest, West Germany, dressed in long hair and leather. The show was recorded by Rockpalast (Rock Palace), a German music television show that broadcast live on Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). The lineup included founding members Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider (flute), plus drummer Klaus Dinger, who would soon leave to form NEU! with pianist Michael Rother.

Documentary about acting

Short educational film about watching TV.

This is an attempt of the the filmmaker to make himself useful against mass dismissal of tenants.

A film by Fritz André Kracht

Short Super8 making of of Walter Bockmayer's CARMEN, shot by the director himself.

Short film about crossing the road

Documentary film.

"Take a circle as big as you want, just come back to the place you started from before sunset. All the land you go around is yours."

Helmut Färber makes connections between architecture and film

The everyday life of a family in Tanzania is portrayed from the point of view of the eight-year-old son Twaha.

Documentary about how the government in Angola used Fake News against the independence movement in its own country and how the Western press simply adopted much of the misinformation...

The film shows the difficulties girls face in learning a so-called male profession.

Sensationalist documentary about the supposed dangers of motorcyle driving.

Dr. Hubert Fez is looking for an assistant for his transportation company, and strikes a deal with young petty criminals

Unemployment at an early age and the problems that arise from it.

The short film shows real footage of the city of London and the area around the River Thames. The commentary is spoken by a member of the London Water Police in German with an English accent. Together with the commentator, the viewer takes part in a boat trip on the Thames, which begins above London and then shows the western suburbs, the government district, the West End, the south bank of the Thames, the city and the harbor area of the metropolis.

The history of the Chilean labour and trade union movement up to 1933.

An early video work by Ivan Ladislav Galeta that underlines the perceptual presumptions of video-media.

For many years, market woman Addi has been helplessly exposed to the ever-increasing aggression of her husband Max. His physical and emotional abuse has become part of her everyday life, from which she cannot find a way out. Due to her economic dependence on Max and the passivity of those around her, every attempt to escape leads her back to her husband. When Addi accidentally learns of the existence of a women's shelter, this is her long-awaited escape from violence and she flees to the facility with her son. Strengthened by the solidarity among the women, she founds a shared flat with others in order to regain her long-suppressed freedom. Director Cristina Perincioli had the story developed and acted out by residents of Germany's first women's shelter in West Berlin.

The film was realized according to the formulaic concept "TAM 4/71."

Rosita Hernandez, a nine-year-old Indio girl, tells about the everyday life of her family living in the the desert plain between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean, about 300 km south of Lima. Specific social and economic problems as well as ways of coping with them become visible.

12 minutes. 6 pages of text. 180 lines. 90 photos 2 lines per photo. 45 photos of the new Agadir. 45 photos from the slums of Morocco.

Documentary film.

Hans-Peter Hochenrath and Birgit Hein made a documentary film about me for the Saarland Network and wanted me to make a self-portrait. Instead of pointing the camera lens away from myself, I pointed it toward myself. I rewound the film over and over again so that multiple exposures were produced, while I was repeatedly fading in and out.

Portrait of an artist.

With three in Greece. Multiple relationship as a way of life.

The word and image "Meer" are brought together by young people in a provisional way.

The courtship behavior of Great Bustards is studied. The male Great Bustard is considerably larger than the female. This impression is reinforced during courtship when the male dances in front of the female, showing the light undersides of its wings and inflating its throat pouch.

The film examines eight cases of children's misbehavior or accidents. Following the parents' descriptions and interpretations of the causes, the typical behavior is tested in comparable situations.

The anatomy and function of the forestomachs of goats and sheep are explained. Ruminating is illustrated using animation, radiography and endoscopy.

Documentary about the film pioneer Guido Seeber.

"I'm walking through my city...", sings a cheerful pop singer. She fervently praises the new metropolis of East Berlin. As an emphatically lively, often anthemically condensed revue, the film tells of the "growth and development of our new capital". Accompanied by cheerful music, the camera indulges in high-altitude views, showing squares whose fountains, benches and green spaces are designed to make you forget that you are in a big city, as well as visitors from all over the world in top hotels. An emphatically cheerful, yet meaningful insight into the brave new GDR world.

A mosaic film with "the division of the screen into six fields already attended to in the camera.... The real landscape simply becomes the experience of landscape, as the boundaries between perception, imagination and creation become indistinct" (C.J.).