Peter Handke

In the sixties, Peter Handke was one of the first to show how the business works: the writer as angry young man and pop star of the literary scene. As soon as he was on the bestseller lists, he turned his back on the hype. For many years, he has lived and worked in his house in a Parisian suburb, more quietly and more hospitably. Peter Handke's precise, free gaze becomes perceptible in his texts, his conversations, the cosmos of his notebooks.

A man and a woman share their musings on love and freedom one summer night. The couple’s conversation meanders through memories, unspoken desires and passion through poetic dialogue.

A man and a woman share their musings on love and freedom one summer night. The couple’s conversation meanders through memories, unspoken desires and passion through poetic dialogue.

Bernd Liepold-Mosser returns home to a place bordering the bilingual region of Lower Carinthia to talk to the people there about their “great son” Peter Handke. His search unearths the many unresolved contradictions and ambivalences of a small place where there is repression of the Slovenian-speaking past.

The early films of Wim Wenders are now regarded as landmarks of European film. Alice in the Cities, Wrong Move and Kings of the Road became foundations of the German New Wave and cemented the reputation of their director. In One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years Marcel Wehn explores the background to these films. Through personal recollection and rare home movie footage, it documents the director's early life, from experiments with his first camera, via his deviation from a career in medicine in favour of art and film, through to international recognition for the Road Trilogy. Central to these were themes that became cornerstones of all his work: national identity, the importance of personal relationships and the allure of the road. With contributions from the director and the many collaborators who helped define his vision, One Who Set Forth is a compelling account of Wim Wenders' life and work.

Reencounter with a myth. 40 years since Georg Stefan Troller reported from his adopted home in "Pariser Journal," he returns to his old haunts. A journey through time in a city of contradictions that is always reinventing itself.

This is a documentary about the making of "Wings of Desire" (1987). The director, writer, actors, composer and other contributors speak at length and in detail about how the award-winning film was devised, cast, filmed, scored and edited.

자신이 돌보던 환자가 사망하자 실의에 빠진 심장 전문의사인 매기(Maggie: 맥 라이언 분). 절망과 눈물, 슬픔의 힘겨움에 지칠때 검은 옷을 즐겨 입는 세스(Seth: 니콜라스 케이지 분)라는 남자가 다가와 그녀를 따뜻하게 위로하고 격려한다. 그러나 따스한 눈매의 이 인상 좋은 남자는 인간이 아닌 천사. 세스는 자신의 존재가 매기의 눈에는 보인다는 사실에 깊이 감동받는다. 그리고 점점 매기에게 빠져드는 세스. 순간 세스가 자신에게 매우 특별한 존재임을 깨닫는 매기. 두 사람은 천사와 인간 사이의 넘을 수 없는 장벽을 실감하지만 결국 사랑에 빠지고 만다. 그러나 동료 의사 조던의 청혼으로 갈등하던 메기는 세스를 찾아가 이별을 고하고, 세스는 인간이 되어 매기를 만나기 위해 '추락'을 결심한다. 인간이 된 세스는 고생 끝에 매기를 찾아 재회한다. 행복도 잠시, 매기가 안타깝게 교통 사고로 사망하고 만다.

Four nameless people -- the old man, the woman, the soldier, and the gambler -- journey to a desolate wasteland beyond the limits of an unnamed city.

Four nameless people -- the old man, the woman, the soldier, and the gambler -- journey to a desolate wasteland beyond the limits of an unnamed city.

Four nameless people -- the old man, the woman, the soldier, and the gambler -- journey to a desolate wasteland beyond the limits of an unnamed city.

베를린 하늘의 천사, 다니엘은 어느 날 공중 곡예를 하는 마리온을 보고 반한다. 그저 바라보기만 할 수 있는 천사로서는 사랑에 빠진 여자를 만질 수 없음이 그저 고통스럽기만 하다. 그러던 어느날, 천사였다가 인간이 된 콜롬보를 만난다. 그 후, 다니엘은 천사직을 포기하고 인간이 되어 마리온과 만질 수 있는 사랑에 빠진다. 인간이 되어 마리온과 접촉할 수 있는 사랑을 하게 되나, 인간으로서 살아가는 문제와도 봉착하게 된다.

In the space of a short 65 minutes, a woman enters the luxury apartment of a wealthy man with an eccentric fascination for the female form and is paid both for her sexual favors and for lying there naked and letting him examine the aesthetics of her body. For most of the hour, as the concise narration of Marguerite Duras' novel on eroticism and aesthetics fills the aural gaps, actress Marie Colbin's form fills the visual gaps. But unless viewers consider the feminine eyeball or microscopic views of skin exotic and worth lingering over, the eroticism lies more in the imagination than on the screen. In fact, the female body lying on the bed, taken away from the spirit that animates it, is really just a corpse -- raising the question, exactly what is the "malady of death?"

In the space of a short 65 minutes, a woman enters the luxury apartment of a wealthy man with an eccentric fascination for the female form and is paid both for her sexual favors and for lying there naked and letting him examine the aesthetics of her body. For most of the hour, as the concise narration of Marguerite Duras' novel on eroticism and aesthetics fills the aural gaps, actress Marie Colbin's form fills the visual gaps. But unless viewers consider the feminine eyeball or microscopic views of skin exotic and worth lingering over, the eroticism lies more in the imagination than on the screen. In fact, the female body lying on the bed, taken away from the spirit that animates it, is really just a corpse -- raising the question, exactly what is the "malady of death?"

In the space of a short 65 minutes, a woman enters the luxury apartment of a wealthy man with an eccentric fascination for the female form and is paid both for her sexual favors and for lying there naked and letting him examine the aesthetics of her body. For most of the hour, as the concise narration of Marguerite Duras' novel on eroticism and aesthetics fills the aural gaps, actress Marie Colbin's form fills the visual gaps. But unless viewers consider the feminine eyeball or microscopic views of skin exotic and worth lingering over, the eroticism lies more in the imagination than on the screen. In fact, the female body lying on the bed, taken away from the spirit that animates it, is really just a corpse -- raising the question, exactly what is the "malady of death?"

A young German man who has just arrived in America, hopes to get over the collapse of his marriage. However, he soon discovers that his ex-wife is pursuing him.

Mourning for a lost relationship can be every bit as devastating as mourning for someone who has died. In this drama based on the director's own novel, a couple with an unhappy marriage agree to a trial separation. They try to patch things up, and at the same time other relationships begin to develop for them.

Mourning for a lost relationship can be every bit as devastating as mourning for someone who has died. In this drama based on the director's own novel, a couple with an unhappy marriage agree to a trial separation. They try to patch things up, and at the same time other relationships begin to develop for them.

Mourning for a lost relationship can be every bit as devastating as mourning for someone who has died. In this drama based on the director's own novel, a couple with an unhappy marriage agree to a trial separation. They try to patch things up, and at the same time other relationships begin to develop for them.

Goalkeeper Josef Bloch is sent off after committing a foul during an away game. This causes him to lose his bearings, and he wanders aimlessly through the city streets and spends the night with the box-office attendant of a movie theatre.

Goalkeeper Josef Bloch is sent off after committing a foul during an away game. This causes him to lose his bearings, and he wanders aimlessly through the city streets and spends the night with the box-office attendant of a movie theatre.

빌헬름은 글을 쓰고 싶지만 고향에는 음울함과 실의만이 무겁게 자리하고 있다. 곧 그는 작가가 되려는 열망을 이루기 위해 어머니와 고향으로부터 멀어져 여행을 떠난다. 여행하는 동안 그는 과거에 나치였던 유랑가수 라에르테스와 벙어리 소녀 미뇽과 동행하게 되며 여배우인 테레사와 사랑에 빠지는가하면 젊은 유랑 시인 베른하르트 란다우와 친구가 되기도 한다. 하지만 그들을 초대해 하룻밤을 묵게 해줬던 한 산업자본가가 자살한 이후 일행들은 하나 둘씩 떨어져 나간다. 다시 혼자가 된 빌헬름은 글을 쓰는데 전력을 기울이게 된다..

미국의 풍경에 대한 글을 써야하는 필립은 글을 쓰지 못하고 대신 폴라로이드 카메라로 사진을 찍는다. 그는 독일로 돌아가는 공항에서 앨리스라는 소녀를 본의 아니게 맡게 되고 그녀와 동행하게 된다. 빔 벤더스의 초기 로드 무비 중 첫 작품으로 벤더스의 ‘Alter-ego’인 뤼디거 포글러가 처음으로 주연을 맡았다.

About two young men who come to the city in need of new experiences and some action. But life in the city is such that there was nothing left to experience. So the men imagined how one could live. But in the city there were other ideas about life. So begins the story of Philip Spade and Sam Beaumont in the city of San Fernando. The story of a life that we all know, but which never lived up to our expectations: a chronicle of current events.

Another short was 3 American LPs, which was the first film I did with Peter Handke. It was a film about American music, about three pieces of three LPs. There was a song by Van Morrison, another by Harvey Mandel, and one of Credence Clearwater Revival. It was mainly the music and some shots out of a car, landscapes out of the car window. And it had a little bit of commentary – dialogue between Peter and me about American music and about how American rock music was about emotion and images instead of sounds. That is to say, about a kind of phenomenon, that it was in a way a kind of film music, but without a moving picture. It was a 12-minute film and it was never shown. – Wim Wenders

Another short was 3 American LPs, which was the first film I did with Peter Handke. It was a film about American music, about three pieces of three LPs. There was a song by Van Morrison, another by Harvey Mandel, and one of Credence Clearwater Revival. It was mainly the music and some shots out of a car, landscapes out of the car window. And it had a little bit of commentary – dialogue between Peter and me about American music and about how American rock music was about emotion and images instead of sounds. That is to say, about a kind of phenomenon, that it was in a way a kind of film music, but without a moving picture. It was a 12-minute film and it was never shown. – Wim Wenders

Five young writers from the 'Forum Stadtpark' in Graz who were little-known back then play bizarre characters from their manuscripts, which often appeared in book form much later.

Four actors analyze the nature of theatre for an hour and then alternately insult the audience and praise its “performance.” TV recording of the premiere at the "Theater am Turm" in Frankfurt/Main.