Knut Schmitz

Películas

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.
El caso Loveparade
Cinematography
En 2010 el festival y desfile electrónico nacido como celebración contracultural en el Berlín de 1989 se había convertido en un negocio colosal que se disputaban varias ciudades. Finalmente, una vieja estación de mercancías de Duisburgo, en la región del Ruhr, fue el enclave elegido. Reunió a 250.000 personas y acabó en desastre. En este documental describen lo ocurrido y el subsiguiente proceso penal infinidad de voces autorizadas –el juez, abogados, fiscales, testigos, acusados, técnicos y periodistas.
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.