Jean-Marie Straub Movies

  • 1994
    Lothringen!

    Lothringen!

    Lothringen!

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    About the history of the French region of Lorraine, called Lothringen in German.

    Lothringen!
  • 1971
    Othon

    Othon

    Othon

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    Straub-Huillet’s first color film, adapts a lesser-known Corneille tragedy from 1664, which in turn was based on an episode of imperial court...

    Othon
  • 1965
    Not Reconciled

    Not Reconciled

    Not Reconciled

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    A story about the continuity and collapse of history, the power of suppression, and the terror of reconciliation; loyalty, treason and revenge. In a...

    Not Reconciled
  • 1968
    Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach

    Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach

    Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach

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    The life and music of Johann Sebastian Bach as presented by his wife, Anna.

    Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach
  • 1982
    En rachâchant

    En rachâchant

    En rachâchant

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    The child Ernesto doesn't want to go to school any more because, as he says, all he is taught there is things he doesn't know.

    En rachâchant
  • 1982
    Too Early / Too Late

    Too Early / Too Late

    Too Early / Too Late

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    Inspired by a letter by Friedrich Engels and a 1974 account of two militant Marxist writers who had been imprisoned by the Nasser regime,...

    Too Early / Too Late
  • 1978
    Cinématon

    Cinématon

    Cinématon

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    Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011....

    Cinématon
  • 2023
    The Last Days of Humanity

    The Last Days of Humanity

    The Last Days of Humanity

    7.42023HD

    The panorama of human affairs encounters the “man with a movie camera”. His playground has no boundaries, his curiosity no limits....

    The Last Days of Humanity
  • 1984
    Class Relations

    Class Relations

    Class Relations

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    A young man, recently arrived in New York from Europe, becomes swept up in a series of events that are beyond his knowledge or control.

    Class Relations
  • 1975
    Moses and Aaron

    Moses and Aaron

    Moses and Aaron

    5.81975HD

    A familiar Biblical tale transformed into a cinematic opera of seemingly endless possibility. In expressive, melodic tones, the fraternal pair debate...

    Moses and Aaron
  • 1979
    From the Clouds to the Resistance

    From the Clouds to the Resistance

    From the Clouds to the Resistance

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    'Dalla nube alla resistenza (From the Cloud to the Resistance ) (1978), based on two works by Cesare Pavese, falls into the category of History...

    From the Clouds to the Resistance
  • 2012
    La Madre

    La Madre

    La Madre

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    Inspired by a Cesar Pavese’s short story, this film has as its main question the relationship with the mother. After killing someone, Meleagros...

    La Madre
  • 2003
    Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?

    Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?

    Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?

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    Undaunted by a commission to make a film about his mentors and aesthetic exemplars, the filmmaking team of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle...

    Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?
  • 1999
    Sicily!

    Sicily!

    Sicily!

    6.51999HD

    A man returns to visit his native Sicily after living in New York for a long time. He learns about the Sicilian way of life from stylized...

    Sicily!
  • 2006
    Europa 2005 – 27 octobre

    Europa 2005 – 27 octobre

    Europa 2005 – 27 octobre

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    Inspired by Rossellini's Europa '51 Straub-Huillet made a film consisting of two pans of a street corner in Paris.

    Europa 2005 – 27 octobre
  • 2011
    Jackals and Arabs

    Jackals and Arabs

    Jackals and Arabs

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    A Kafka dialogue is read by actors in Straub's own apartment in Paris.

    Jackals and Arabs
  • 1983
    Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika

    Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika

    Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika

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    This film is at once a self-portrait and an homage to Jean-Marie Straub, Farocki's role model and former teacher at the Film Academy.

    Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika
  • 1989
    Black Sin

    Black Sin

    Black Sin

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    A companion piece to the earlier film ‘The Death of Empedocles’, 'Black Sin' is an adaptation of the third version of Friedrich...

    Black Sin
  • 2003
    The Return of the Prodigal Son

    The Return of the Prodigal Son

    The Return of the Prodigal Son

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    In Italy, immediately subsequent to the war, a group of people who lost all they possessed during the conflict, settle in a village in ruins. They...

    The Return of the Prodigal Son
  • 2013
    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

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    Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of...

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded