Werner Dütsch Movies

Documentary about the films of John Ford.

How should one define the relationship of documentary film to reality? Does it aim at authenticity or is it rather an “exile of reality”,...

The film documents a debate about early 20th century films, mainly 1910 to 1920, from short news reels to excerpts from full-length movies. At...

An essay on Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau produced on the occasion of his 100th birthday.

Television essay about Jean Renoir and his films, in which, among other things, the filming conditions of Partie de campagne are discussed.

Film critic and scholar Helmut Färber recounts the the life and work of Erich von Stroheim

TV documentary about the bicycle sequence in Ozu`s Banshun (Late Spring)

Film critic and scholar analyzes Jean Renoir's two films "Le Testament du docteur Cordelier" and "Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe".

An introduction to films by Peter Weiss: "Study II" (1952) "Study IV" (1954)" According to the Law" (1957) "Shaded Faces" (1956 ) "What should we do...

As commissioning editor at WDR, Werner Dütsch influenced several generations of cinephiles in Germany from the 1970s onwards. This documentary...

Film critic and scholar Helmut Färber analyzes the final scene of Eisensteins "October: Ten Days That Shook the World"