Knut Schmitz

Movies

The Case of Bruno Lüdke
Camera Operator
The incredible story of Bruno Lüdke (1908-44), the alleged worst mass murderer in German criminal history; or actually, a story of forged files and fake news that takes place during the darkest years of the Third Reich, when the principles of criminal justice, subjected to the yoke of a totalitarian system that is beginning to collapse, mean absolutely nothing.
Loveparade - Die Verhandlung
Cinematography
Im Reich der Spiegel - Auf der Suche nach der japanischen Seele
Color Grading
Gegenschuss - Aufbruch der Filmemacher
Director of Photography
Il pugno di Gesù
Cinematography
Think German!
Cinematography
Daniel lives in Bernau, a small town north of Berlin.This film tells this 21-year-old’s story and describes the radical right-wing milieu in which he grew up. In his candid portrait of how right-wing radicalism breeds, Daniel explains how difficult it is to break out of a vicious circle of violence, self-hatred and a right-wing extremist frame of mind.
Will einmal bis zur Sonne geh'n
Director of Photography
Die Blume der Hausfrau
Director of Photography
About a group of door-to-door salesman who try to sell vacuum cleaners from "Vorwerk", a German manufacturer.