Herbert Achternbusch

Herbert Achternbusch

Writer, actor, and German filmmaker born in Munich in 1938. He spent his childhood and youth in Bavaria, region which remains until today its major source of artistic inspiration. Their activity is very diverse: he has composed pieces for theater and radio scripts, translator, painter and sculptor. As different as his artistic activities is his work, and therefore difficult to classify. In the world of cinema, his career fits approaches independent, mostly defined by a position too personalistic, provocative, that has left a deep imprint on works eminently conceptual and avant-garde, as well as suggesting in criticism of the subjects addressed (religion, society, geographical framework in which wandering people, etc.). His films just transcend the commercial sector; It is one of the most followed by seekers of original, stories of passes in areas interested in film culture. His anarchist surrealistic films are not known to a wide audience in Germany, although one of them, Das Gespenst (The Ghost), caused a scandal in 1983 because of its alleged blasphemous content. Werner Herzog, a director of the New German Cinema, based his film Heart of Glass on a story by Achternbusch.

  • Title: Herbert Achternbusch
  • Popularity: 2.671
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1938-11-23
  • Place of Birth: Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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  • Also Known As: Herbert Schild
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Herbert Achternbusch Movies

  • 1982
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    Der Depp

    Der Depp

    1 1982 HD

    Voted for in Sight & Sound's 2022 Greatest Films of all time poll.

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  • 2004
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    Musen, Macht und Glamour - Die Welt der Maximilianstraße

    Musen, Macht und Glamour - Die Welt der Maximilianstraße

    1 2004 HD

    Documentary about the Maximilianstraße in Munich.

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  • 1995
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    Attwenger Film

    Attwenger Film

    1 1995 HD

    A portrait of Attwenger, the duo from Upper Austria (Markus Binder and Hans-Peter Falkner). The attempt to unite the worlds of Austrian folk music...

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  • 2008
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    Achternbusch

    Achternbusch

    1 2008 HD

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  • 1990
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    Das Schaf im Wolfspelz - Herbert Achternbusch

    Das Schaf im Wolfspelz - Herbert Achternbusch

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1977
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    Beer Chase

    Beer Chase

    5.8 1977 HD

    A man who is dissatisfied with his senseless existence in his family-life and social status steals the uniform of a policeman and then enters the...

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  • 1986
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    Heilt Hitler!

    Heilt Hitler!

    5.8 1986 HD

    Stalingrad, 1942: just as he is complaining about the "blockheads" who are in control, a German named Herbert gets hit. Fast forward forty years...

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  • 1982
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    The Ghost

    The Ghost

    6.3 1982 HD

    Jesus (played by the director) returns to present-day Bavaria, walks around Munich in a somewhat dazed manner and strikes up an affair with a nun,...

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  • 1975
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    Das Andechser Gefühl

    Das Andechser Gefühl

    6 1975 HD

    An anxious teacher (played, as is the lead role in all his films, by the director) sits in a beer garden on the hill of the Andechs monastery. While...

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  • 1993
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    Ich bin da, ich bin da

    Ich bin da, ich bin da

    1 1993 HD

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  • 1979
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    Der Komantsche

    Der Komantsche

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1981
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    Der Neger Erwin

    Der Neger Erwin

    1 1981 HD

    A filmmaker (Achternbusch) is just released from prison and has to make a living with his craft again. He is followed by a reporter who wants an...

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  • 1976
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    The Atlantic Swimmers

    The Atlantic Swimmers

    7 1976 HD

    Munich Heinz and Herbert wants to escape the torturous confines of their home by swimming across the Atlantic.

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  • 2008
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    Bierbichler

    Bierbichler

    1 2008 HD

    Documentary about actor Josef Bierbichler.

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  • 1974
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    The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

    The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

    7.3 1974 HD

    The film follows Kaspar Hauser (Bruno S.), who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy...

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  • 1989
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    I Know the Way to the Hofbrauhaus

    I Know the Way to the Hofbrauhaus

    1 1989 HD

    Comedy shot without a script on Super-8mm as a silent film, with intertitles later inserted between scenes. What unfolds is a familiar Achternbusch...

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  • 1971
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    Das Kind ist tot

    Das Kind ist tot

    1 1971 HD

    Short film by Herbert Achternbusch

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  • 2002
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    Das Klatschen der einen Hand

    Das Klatschen der einen Hand

    1 2002 HD

    Two men try and fail to unhinge a stone.

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  • 1987
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    Punch Drunk

    Punch Drunk

    1 1987 HD

    Dr. Riesenhuber, the State Secretary of the Bavarian Ministry of Culture, can think of nothing else but advancing his career and becoming a minister,...

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  • 1984
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    Rita Ritter

    Rita Ritter

    1 1984 HD

    A writer tries unsuccessfully to sell his screenplays and plays. He marries a television editor, but she only wants to fuck him and thinks nothing of...

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  • 1985
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    Die Föhnforscher

    Die Föhnforscher

    1 1985 HD

    The foehn researcher paints watercolors in which he documents the state of the world and records his visions of what is happening, while he berates...

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  • 1985
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    Blaue Blumen

    Blaue Blumen

    1 1985 HD

    Herbert Achternbusch's poetic travel diary assembles images and monologues from a trip to China.

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  • 1991
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    Niemandsland

    Niemandsland

    1 1991 HD

    After Hick returns from America, he finds himself in no man's land: his station in Last Valley has been closed and Hick, the now unemployed...

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  • 1981
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    The Last Hole

    The Last Hole

    5.7 1981 HD

    A comic silent film about the Holocaust.

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  • 1998
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    Neue Freiheit - Keine Jobs Schönes München: Stillstand

    Neue Freiheit - Keine Jobs Schönes München: Stillstand

    1 1998 HD

    Chancellor Helmut Kohl is to blame in Germany and has to go away without violence. The homeless Hick takes up the idea and demonstrates the abolition...

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  • 1997
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    Picasso in Munich

    Picasso in Munich

    1 1997 HD

    In this surrealist film director Picasso can awaken from the dead. He steals a paintings painted by himself of a couple of wealthy psychiatrists....

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  • 1995
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    Hades

    Hades

    1 1995 HD

    This German political drama from iconoclastic filmmaker Herbert Achternbusch takes a slightly askew look at neo-Nazis and the Holocaust. His...

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  • 1994
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    Ab nach Tibet!

    Ab nach Tibet!

    6 1994 HD

    An anarchist surrealist film.

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  • 1988
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    Wohin?

    Wohin?

    1 1988 HD

    Several comedy situations are strung together for this offbeat satire. An unassuming businesswoman is discovered to be the mastermind behind a...

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  • 1983
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    Die Olympiasiegerin

    Die Olympiasiegerin

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1990
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    Hick's Last Stand

    Hick's Last Stand

    1 1990 HD

    Hick's Last Stand.

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  • 1974
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    Stayover in Tirol

    Stayover in Tirol

    1 1974 HD

    An adaptation of the Henry James short story Les raisons de Georgina.

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  • 1978
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    Der junge Mönch

    Der junge Mönch

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1989
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    Mixwix

    Mixwix

    1 1989 HD

    Mix Wix tells the story of the owner of the Mix Wix department store, who has successfully done business with underwear and socks and even has the...

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  • 1976
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    Heart of Glass

    Heart of Glass

    6.5 1976 HD

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  • 1986
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    Heilt Hitler!

    Heilt Hitler!

    5.8 1986 HD

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  • 1986
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    Heilt Hitler!

    Heilt Hitler!

    5.8 1986 HD

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  • 1986
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    Heilt Hitler!

    Heilt Hitler!

    5.8 1986 HD

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  • 1986
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    Heilt Hitler!

    Heilt Hitler!

    5.8 1986 HD

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  • 1977
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    Beer Chase

    Beer Chase

    5.8 1977 HD

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  • 1977
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    Beer Chase

    Beer Chase

    5.8 1977 HD

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  • 1997
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    Picasso in Munich

    Picasso in Munich

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1977
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    Bye-Bye Bavaria!

    Bye-Bye Bavaria!

    2 1977 HD

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  • 1982
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    The Ghost

    The Ghost

    6.3 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    The Ghost

    The Ghost

    6.3 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    The Ghost

    The Ghost

    6.3 1982 HD

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  • 1975
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    Das Andechser Gefühl

    Das Andechser Gefühl

    6 1975 HD

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  • 1993
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    Ich bin da, ich bin da

    Ich bin da, ich bin da

    1 1993 HD

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  • 1979
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    Der Komantsche

    Der Komantsche

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1979
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    Der Komantsche

    Der Komantsche

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1981
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    Der Neger Erwin

    Der Neger Erwin

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1976
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    The Atlantic Swimmers

    The Atlantic Swimmers

    7 1976 HD

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  • 1984
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    Wanderkrebs

    Wanderkrebs

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1977
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    Beer Chase

    Beer Chase

    5.8 1977 HD

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  • 1989
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    I Know the Way to the Hofbrauhaus

    I Know the Way to the Hofbrauhaus

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    I Know the Way to the Hofbrauhaus

    I Know the Way to the Hofbrauhaus

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    I Know the Way to the Hofbrauhaus

    I Know the Way to the Hofbrauhaus

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1981
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    The Last Hole

    The Last Hole

    5.7 1981 HD

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  • 1998
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    Neue Freiheit - Keine Jobs Schönes München: Stillstand

    Neue Freiheit - Keine Jobs Schönes München: Stillstand

    1 1998 HD

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  • 1995
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    Hades

    Hades

    1 1995 HD

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  • 1994
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    Ab nach Tibet!

    Ab nach Tibet!

    6 1994 HD

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  • 1989
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    Mixwix

    Mixwix

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    Mixwix

    Mixwix

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1979
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    Der Komantsche

    Der Komantsche

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1982
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    Der Depp

    Der Depp

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    Der Depp

    Der Depp

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1971
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    Das Kind ist tot

    Das Kind ist tot

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1972
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    6. Dezember 1971

    6. Dezember 1971

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1971
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    Das Kind ist tot

    Das Kind ist tot

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    Das Kind ist tot

    Das Kind ist tot

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1972
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    6. Dezember 1971

    6. Dezember 1971

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    6. Dezember 1971

    6. Dezember 1971

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1971
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    Das Kind ist tot

    Das Kind ist tot

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1985
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    Die Föhnforscher

    Die Föhnforscher

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1985
    imgMovies

    Die Föhnforscher

    Die Föhnforscher

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1972
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    6. Dezember 1971

    6. Dezember 1971

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1985
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    Die Föhnforscher

    Die Föhnforscher

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1987
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    Punch Drunk

    Punch Drunk

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1987
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    Punch Drunk

    Punch Drunk

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1987
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    Punch Drunk

    Punch Drunk

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1991
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    Niemandsland

    Niemandsland

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1987
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    Punch Drunk

    Punch Drunk

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1987
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    Punch Drunk

    Punch Drunk

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1991
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    Niemandsland

    Niemandsland

    1 1991 HD

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  • 2002
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    Das Klatschen der einen Hand

    Das Klatschen der einen Hand

    1 2002 HD

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  • 2002
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    Das Klatschen der einen Hand

    Das Klatschen der einen Hand

    1 2002 HD

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  • 1991
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    Niemandsland

    Niemandsland

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1985
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    Blaue Blumen

    Blaue Blumen

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    Blaue Blumen

    Blaue Blumen

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1984
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    Rita Ritter

    Rita Ritter

    1 1984 HD

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  • 2002
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    Das Klatschen der einen Hand

    Das Klatschen der einen Hand

    1 2002 HD

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  • 1985
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    Blaue Blumen

    Blaue Blumen

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    Blaue Blumen

    Blaue Blumen

    1 1985 HD

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  • 2002
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    Das Klatschen der einen Hand

    Das Klatschen der einen Hand

    1 2002 HD

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  • 1985
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    Blaue Blumen

    Blaue Blumen

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1984
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    Rita Ritter

    Rita Ritter

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1984
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    Rita Ritter

    Rita Ritter

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1989
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    I Know the Way to the Hofbrauhaus

    I Know the Way to the Hofbrauhaus

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1988
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    Wohin?

    Wohin?

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Die Olympiasiegerin

    Die Olympiasiegerin

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1975
    imgMovies

    Das Andechser Gefühl

    Das Andechser Gefühl

    6 1975 HD

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  • 1976
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    The Atlantic Swimmers

    The Atlantic Swimmers

    7 1976 HD

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  • 1990
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    Hick's Last Stand

    Hick's Last Stand

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1990
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    Hick's Last Stand

    Hick's Last Stand

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1976
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    The Atlantic Swimmers

    The Atlantic Swimmers

    7 1976 HD

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Die Olympiasiegerin

    Die Olympiasiegerin

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1990
    imgMovies

    Hick's Last Stand

    Hick's Last Stand

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1990
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    Hick's Last Stand

    Hick's Last Stand

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1983
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    Die Olympiasiegerin

    Die Olympiasiegerin

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1978
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    Der junge Mönch

    Der junge Mönch

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1978
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    Der junge Mönch

    Der junge Mönch

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1978
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    Der junge Mönch

    Der junge Mönch

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1989
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    Mixwix

    Mixwix

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1997
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    Picasso in Munich

    Picasso in Munich

    1 1997 HD

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  • 2008
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    Heimat - Deine Filme

    Heimat - Deine Filme

    1 2008 HD

    This documentary takes an entertaining and informative look at the German Heimatfilm phenomenon. The first part examines the history of the genre...

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