Jürgen Böttcher Movies

  • 1970
    Gezeiten

    Gezeiten

    Gezeiten

    01970HD

    A young officer suffers under his ambitious wife, who is determined to make a captain out of him. Meanwhile, ship's cook Andresen becomes a father...

    Gezeiten
  • 1990
    The Wall

    The Wall

    The Wall

    5.251990HD

    A documentary about the deconstruction of the Berlin Wall which makes no use of vocal commentary but instead focuses on visual elements. From the...

    The Wall
  • 1977
    Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda

    Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda

    Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda

    81977HD

    A documentary about French film director Agnès Varda on the set of her 1977 film ONE SINGS, THE OTHER DOESN'T. It includes interviews with...

    Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda
  • 1966
    Born in '45

    Born in '45

    Born in '45

    5.31966HD

    Originally banned in 1966, East German director Jürgen Böttcher's tale of love and disillusionment among two newlyweds attempting to...

    Born in '45
  • 1990
    Berliner Ballade

    Berliner Ballade

    Berliner Ballade

    4.81990HD

    Some months after the fall of the Berlin wall, during the time of federal elections in Germany in 1990, Chris Marker shot this passionate...

    Berliner Ballade
  • 1965
    Barefoot and Without a Hat

    Barefoot and Without a Hat

    Barefoot and Without a Hat

    5.51965HD

    Summertime in Prerow at the Baltic Sea. A cheerful film with the spirit of the sixties.

    Barefoot and Without a Hat
  • 2001
    Gebrochene Glut

    Gebrochene Glut

    Gebrochene Glut

    02001HD

    Grabe's film about his friend, fellow filmmaker, and painter Jürgen Böttcher aka Strawalde.

    Gebrochene Glut
  • 1981
    Frau am Klavichord

    Frau am Klavichord

    Frau am Klavichord

    01981HD

    With films including the 'rubble woman' portrait Martha, the three-part experimental film cycle Potter's Stier, Venus nach Giorgione and Frau am...

    Frau am Klavichord
  • 1962
    Furnace Builders

    Furnace Builders

    Furnace Builders

    5.51962HD

    At the Eisenhüttenkombinat Ost an der Oder, a new blast furnace is being moved to replace a burnt-out one. 2000 tons have to be moved 18 meters:...

    Furnace Builders
  • 1963
    Stars

    Stars

    Stars

    6.21963HD

    This black and white documentary film reports on a brigade of women, they are the "stars" of a Berlin light bulb factory. What is striking is the...

    Stars
  • 1974
    Wer die Erde liebt

    Wer die Erde liebt

    Wer die Erde liebt

    5.51974HD

    A documentary dedicated to the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students held in East Berlin in the summer of 1973.

    Wer die Erde liebt
  • 1974
    Die Mamais

    Die Mamais

    Die Mamais

    01974HD

    Die Mamais
  • 1968
    Zoo Film

    Zoo Film

    Zoo Film

    01968HD

    This black and white documentary film reports from the Berlin Zoo, located in the Friedrichsfelde district of the Lichtenberg district, was opened in...

    Zoo Film
  • 1979
    Martha

    Martha

    Martha

    01979HD

    Martha Bieder is the last rubble-woman in Berlin Rummelsburg. Every day, rain or shine, she stands at the conveyor belt - as she has for decades -...

    Martha
  • 1988
    In Georgia

    In Georgia

    In Georgia

    71988HD

    Impressionistic East German documentary filmed mainly in the Georgian countryside in 1986-1987. The director, a painter, wanted to see if similar...

    In Georgia
  • 1984
    Shunters

    Shunters

    Shunters

    7.11984HD

    A shunter's job is to slow down, link, and unlink train wagons at a central station. The film documents - without any commentary - the working hours...

    Shunters
  • 1968
    A Representative

    A Representative

    A Representative

    01968HD

    A black-and-white documentary film about the large housing estate "Lütten Klein" in the northwest of Rostock in June 1968. On the basis of the...

    A Representative
  • 1977
    Ein Weimarfilm

    Ein Weimarfilm

    Ein Weimarfilm

    01977HD

    Documentary on the 1000-year-old town of Weimar. The film presents an example of the victory of humanist traditions over nazi brutality.

    Ein Weimarfilm
  • 1960
    Necessary Years of Learning

    Necessary Years of Learning

    Necessary Years of Learning

    01960HD

    Böttcher made his graduation film about young people who had become delinquent in a youth work yard in Thuringia. Already here a striking...

    Necessary Years of Learning
  • 1972
    Wäscherinnen

    Wäscherinnen

    Wäscherinnen

    61972HD

    In this film about apprentices of the Rewatex laundry, Böttcher once again turns to the focal concern of almost all his films the attempt to...

    Wäscherinnen