Hartmut Bitomsky Movies
- 2007
Half Hours
Half Hours22007HD
Melanie Straub lives aimlessly into the day, or more accurately: into a Saturday. She′s alone at home, surrounded by the emptiness of her new...
- 1997
Four Corners
Four Corners6.21997HD
James Benning's "Four Corners" uses a specific geographical location to pose larger questions about the United States. Here, the geographic and...
- 1992
Die UFA
Die UFA81992HD
Die UFA, a film essay about the eponymous German studio.
- 1974
Kino/Kritik. Über die Wörter, den Sinn und das Geld von Filmen
Kino/Kritik. Über die Wörter, den Sinn und das Geld von Filmen01974HD
- 1970
Die Teilung aller Tage
Die Teilung aller Tage01970HD
A worker is sitting at a conveyor belt on which light bulbs are coming in at regular intervals. He takes the light bulbs from the conveyor belt and...
- 1986
Reichsautobahn
Reichsautobahn01986HD
Documentary about highway constructions in Nazi Germany.
- 1968
Johnson & Co. and the Campaign Against Poverty
Johnson & Co. and the Campaign Against Poverty41968HD
Clearly influenced by Brecht and Jean-Marie Straub, criticizes the reduction of human relations to economic relations as well as the US imperialism...
- 1976
Der Schauplatz des Krieges. Das Kino von John Ford
Der Schauplatz des Krieges. Das Kino von John Ford01976HD
Documentary about the films of John Ford.
- 1966
Das Vöglein
Das Vöglein01966HD
Short thriller about an older woman and an escaped convict.
- 1990
Isaak Babel - Die Reiterarmee
Isaak Babel - Die Reiterarmee01990HD
- 2001
B-52
B-5202001HD
A detailed, historical documentary about the construction and capabilities of the United States military's B-52 bomber.
- 1981
Highway 40 West
Highway 40 West01981HD
"Highway 40 West" (1980/81) is the first of a series of documentaries by Hartmut Bitomsky (born 1942 in Bremen) which brought him international fame....
- 1988
Cinema and Death
Cinema and Death6.41988HD
“Why does cinema need death, when it can’t show it?” The filmmaker’s monologue and the discourse of images meet
- 2008
Weltmacht Staub. Hartmut Bitomsky über einen unbesiegbaren Zustand der Materie
Weltmacht Staub. Hartmut Bitomsky über einen unbesiegbaren Zustand der Materie02008HD
Alexander Kluge and Hartmut Bitomsky discuss the film Staub (Dust). Dust is called “matter in the wrong place.” In fact, dust is an...
- 1975
Telekritik: Unter einem Himmel schwarz von Häusern von erloschenen Bränden schwarz
Telekritik: Unter einem Himmel schwarz von Häusern von erloschenen Bränden schwarz01975HD
- 1983
Deutschlandbilder
Deutschlandbilder01983HD
This compilation film focuses on the contents of Nazi propaganda shorts such as "The Beauty of Work" (1934), "We Have No Problems" (1933), or "The...
- 2017
Shakkei. Geborgte Landschaften
Shakkei. Geborgte Landschaften02017HD
Bitomskys new film was inspired by the Japanese shakkei, which stands for the “borrowing” of a landscape. Japanese gardens are often...