Peter Weiss

Peter Weiss

Birth : 1916-11-08, Nowawes, Berlin, Germany

Death : 1982-05-10

History

Peter Ulrich Weiss was a German writer, painter, graphic artist, and experimental filmmaker of adopted Swedish nationality. He is particularly known for his plays Marat/Sade and The Investigation and his novel "The Aesthetics of Resistance".

Profile

Peter Weiss

Movies

Memorandum
Himself - Playwright
A Jewish Holocaust survivor travels through Germany recalling scenes from his memory.
Marat/Sade
Original Story
In Charenton Asylum, the Marquis de Sade directs a play about Jean Paul Marat's death, using the patients as actors. Based on 'The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade', a 1963 play by Peter Weiss.
The Investigation
Writer
The Flamboyant Sex
Madame's lover
24 hours in the life of three Swedish girls in Paris. Seduced by the excitement but short of money they earn a few francs as nude models in an art school.
The Flamboyant Sex
Editor
24 hours in the life of three Swedish girls in Paris. Seduced by the excitement but short of money they earn a few francs as nude models in an art school.
Bag de ens facader
Writer
The immense population increase in Copenhagen mid of the 20th century requested new living space further from the city centre. The old town quarters of the danish capital offered neither enough space nor did they provide a life close to nature which was required especially by families with many children. Based on the so called „finger plan” from 1947 Copenhagen was enlarged along five radial traffic axes. Using the example of the estates Carlsrø in Rodøvre and Milestedet in Brøndbyøster "Bag de ens facader" documents life in a modern suburb.
Bag de ens facader
Director
The immense population increase in Copenhagen mid of the 20th century requested new living space further from the city centre. The old town quarters of the danish capital offered neither enough space nor did they provide a life close to nature which was required especially by families with many children. Based on the so called „finger plan” from 1947 Copenhagen was enlarged along five radial traffic axes. Using the example of the estates Carlsrø in Rodøvre and Milestedet in Brøndbyøster "Bag de ens facader" documents life in a modern suburb.
Tagning Öyvind Fahlström
Director
Short film.
Anna Casparsson
Director
A documentary film about the 99 year old artist Anna Casparsson. She is interviewed by Peter Weiss in her home in Saltsjöbaden. “I shot 'Anna Casparsson' together with Staffan Lamm. I had wanted to complete the film, but somehow I did not get around to it and then she died shortly afterwards.” -Peter Weiss
Mirage
Author
A young man comes to Stockholm, Sweden and experiences several bizarre and surrealistic situations.
Mirage
Director
A young man comes to Stockholm, Sweden and experiences several bizarre and surrealistic situations.
Vad ska vi göra nu då?
Editor
Deals with young people dealing and using drugs of all kind.
Vad ska vi göra nu då?
Writer
Deals with young people dealing and using drugs of all kind.
Vad ska vi göra nu då?
Director
Deals with young people dealing and using drugs of all kind.
Ingenting ovanligt
Editor
Film by Peter Weiss.
Ingenting ovanligt
Writer
Film by Peter Weiss.
Ingenting ovanligt
Director
Film by Peter Weiss.
According to Law
Director
A film about the youth prison in Uppsala, which focuses on one interns alienation and anxiety.
According to Law
Writer
A film about the youth prison in Uppsala, which focuses on one interns alienation and anxiety.
The Studio of Dr. Faust
Director
Surrealistic images of Faust-Mephisto in his fantastic laboratory.
Ansikten i skugga
Director
Experimental survey of down-and-outs in the city. - BFI
Ansikten i skugga
Editor
Experimental survey of down-and-outs in the city. - BFI
Studie V: Växelspel
Editor
Study V: Interplay is constructed along the same principles as Study IV / Hallucinations. Sequences of photographic abstractions have been balanced against more realistic sections. Study V depicts a surrealistically charged encounter between two lovers, a young woman and a man.
Studie V: Växelspel
Writer
Study V: Interplay is constructed along the same principles as Study IV / Hallucinations. Sequences of photographic abstractions have been balanced against more realistic sections. Study V depicts a surrealistically charged encounter between two lovers, a young woman and a man.
Studie V: Växelspel
Director
Study V: Interplay is constructed along the same principles as Study IV / Hallucinations. Sequences of photographic abstractions have been balanced against more realistic sections. Study V depicts a surrealistically charged encounter between two lovers, a young woman and a man.
Study No. 4: Liberation
Editor
'Studie IV' (1955) by Peter Weiss portrays a liberation process. The main character moves between different rooms, rooms of significance for him, dragging something that constantly changes form but eventually turns out to be himself. It is an old and consumed I that disappears from him.
Study No. 4: Liberation
Writer
'Studie IV' (1955) by Peter Weiss portrays a liberation process. The main character moves between different rooms, rooms of significance for him, dragging something that constantly changes form but eventually turns out to be himself. It is an old and consumed I that disappears from him.
Study No. 4: Liberation
Director
'Studie IV' (1955) by Peter Weiss portrays a liberation process. The main character moves between different rooms, rooms of significance for him, dragging something that constantly changes form but eventually turns out to be himself. It is an old and consumed I that disappears from him.
Studie III
Experimental short by Peter Weiss.
Studie III
Editor
Experimental short by Peter Weiss.
Studie III
Writer
Experimental short by Peter Weiss.
Studie III
Director
Experimental short by Peter Weiss.
Study II: Hallucinations
Writer
"Studie II (Hallucinationer)" (Study II (Hallucinations)) (1952), comprises twelve staged scenes that were modelled after a set of drawings. Accompanied by metallic sounds, various body parts, limbs and objects form surrealistic collages against the background of a black space. Peter Weiss intended to create associative images that can not be deciphered completely. Beyond any logical interpretation, he wanted to show pure inner feelings.
Study II: Hallucinations
"Studie II (Hallucinationer)" (Study II (Hallucinations)) (1952), comprises twelve staged scenes that were modelled after a set of drawings. Accompanied by metallic sounds, various body parts, limbs and objects form surrealistic collages against the background of a black space. Peter Weiss intended to create associative images that can not be deciphered completely. Beyond any logical interpretation, he wanted to show pure inner feelings.
Study II: Hallucinations
Director
"Studie II (Hallucinationer)" (Study II (Hallucinations)) (1952), comprises twelve staged scenes that were modelled after a set of drawings. Accompanied by metallic sounds, various body parts, limbs and objects form surrealistic collages against the background of a black space. Peter Weiss intended to create associative images that can not be deciphered completely. Beyond any logical interpretation, he wanted to show pure inner feelings.
Studie I: Uppvaknandet
Editor
First experimental film by Peter Weiss.
Studie I: Uppvaknandet
First experimental film by Peter Weiss.
Studie I: Uppvaknandet
Writer
First experimental film by Peter Weiss.
Studie I: Uppvaknandet
Director
First experimental film by Peter Weiss.