Peter Nestler Movies

  • 1963
    The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle

    The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle

    The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle

    6.11963HD

    A strangler is loose on a British estate, and he not only strangles his victims but brands an "M" onto their foreheads before he decapitates them.

    The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle
  • 1966
    Abschied

    Abschied

    Abschied

    01966HD

    The burial of an old woman leads to several complications among family and friends.

    Abschied
  • 1966
    From Greece

    From Greece

    From Greece

    7.61966HD

    The first part of this film is devoted to the Greek resistance against fascism and the civil war for independence. While the voice-over recites facts...

    From Greece
  • 1961
    Black Gravel

    Black Gravel

    Black Gravel

    7.21961HD

    Tensions arise when a US military base is built in a small village in post-war Germany.

    Black Gravel
  • 1984
    Dangerous Knowledge

    Dangerous Knowledge

    Dangerous Knowledge

    01984HD

    Humanity’s thirst for knowledge and its consequences, from the Bible to the A-bomb. Nestler uses sixteenth-century engravings and paintings by...

    Dangerous Knowledge
  • 2009
    Death and the Devil

    Death and the Devil

    Death and the Devil

    52009HD

    Ethnologist and adventurer, Count Eric von Rosen was a man of contradictions: interested in the natives of Africa and colonial racism. Nestler...

    Death and the Devil
  • 1958
    Der Schinderhannes

    Der Schinderhannes

    Der Schinderhannes

    7.81958HD

    Der Schinderhannes
  • 1974
    Saturday Chile

    Saturday Chile

    Saturday Chile

    01974HD

    A reflection on the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet captured in its economic and social causalities. Originally shot for a TV youth program but...

    Saturday Chile
  • 1971
    Får de komma igen? Om nyfascistica tendenser i Västtyskland

    Får de komma igen? Om nyfascistica tendenser i Västtyskland

    Får de komma igen? Om nyfascistica tendenser i Västtyskland

    01971HD

    Documentary about the return of fascism in Western Germany

    Får de komma igen? Om nyfascistica tendenser i Västtyskland
  • 1965
    A Working Men's Club in Sheffield

    A Working Men's Club in Sheffield

    A Working Men's Club in Sheffield

    5.91965HD

    A documentary of the town of Sheffield's main pub and the people who went there.

    A Working Men's Club in Sheffield
  • 1970
    Being Gypsy

    Being Gypsy

    Being Gypsy

    5.71970HD

    Roma and Sinti people talk about their experiences in the Third Reich and the Federal Republic of Germany, inspired by Otto Pankok’s paintings...

    Being Gypsy
  • 1973
    Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene

    Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene

    Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene

    5.41973HD

    This is a small, intense film based on Schoenberg’s opus of the same name with the subtitle “danger, fear, catastrophe”. It deals...

    Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene
  • 1964
    Ödenwaldstetten

    Ödenwaldstetten

    Ödenwaldstetten

    6.21964HD

    Portrait of a small south German village and its residents in the early sixties. Rural culture is undergoing a transformation caused by the intrusion...

    Ödenwaldstetten
  • 1964
    Mülheim on the Ruhr

    Mülheim on the Ruhr

    Mülheim on the Ruhr

    6.21964HD

    This dialogue-free short is edited to music and the rhythms of change in a small town in the Ruhr region, shot a few years after the first mining...

    Mülheim on the Ruhr
  • 1966
    Rhine River

    Rhine River

    Rhine River

    5.81966HD

    In a 13-minute navigation, Nestler takes us downstream the Rhine River. The opportunity of cheap water transport kept prices of raw material down and...

    Rhine River
  • 1978
    Foreigners. Part IV. Iranians

    Foreigners. Part IV. Iranians

    Foreigners. Part IV. Iranians

    01978HD

    Second documentary short by Peter Nestler about Iranian migration in Sweden

    Foreigners. Part IV. Iranians
  • 2022
    The Open View

    The Open View

    The Open View

    02022HD

    The film presents artists from the Sinti and Roma minority who shape the trauma of persecution and very personal experiences in their works.

    The Open View
  • 2022
    Injustice and Resistance

    Injustice and Resistance

    Injustice and Resistance

    02022HD

    For more than eight decades, German Sinti and Roma experienced injustice. The film tells of the family of activist Romani Rose, their resistance and...

    Injustice and Resistance
  • 1963
    By the Dike Sluice

    By the Dike Sluice

    By the Dike Sluice

    5.21963HD

    In his first film, Peter Nestler gives voice to an old floodgate. A nearby village, its inhabitants, wooden posts and twisted willow rods are...

    By the Dike Sluice
  • 1968
    Sightseeing

    Sightseeing

    Sightseeing

    01968HD

    A short pamphlet based on a text by Peter Weiss and on the contrapuntal use of the relation between image and sound. The commercial activities and...

    Sightseeing