Michael Ballhaus Movies

In Nicaragua, 1977, corruption and abuse of power are everyday occurrences under the Somoza family’s dictatorship. Eruptions of violence lead...

A retrospective look at the making of "World on a Wire".

An essay film in which filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim interviews "the willing victims of Rainer Werner Fassbinder."

Brother and sister meet again after 15 years and fall in love with each other.

This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German...

Love or money? When it comes to this question, Heinrich Krull clearly seems to choose money...

110 of the world's top cinematographers discuss the art of how and why films look the way they do.

When Hitler watches Marlene Dietrich in a movie, he falls in love with her. He persuades her to come back to Germany to be with him, but upon her...

The 50-year-old haulier Kluth is left by his wife and falls in love with 15-year-old Anita, the daughter of the owners of his favorite pub. Anita's...

Anywhere in the world, 20 years from now. Underground. Watch out for the signs...

Two life stories. That of Malou, a French woman, married to a German Jew, a refugee stranded in South America: a picture of the pre-war generation...

The true story of Adele Spitzeder, who started her own private bank in 1870s Bavaria by promising everyone that gave her money high interest rates....

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

Documentary film.

A small carnival is in dire financial straits. Their show is attracting fewer and fewer paying customers, as their "attractions" are ageing, out of...

Follows a woman, Lotte, who travels through Germany and seeks human connections, but is unsuccessful as every person she encounters is locked into...