Hanns Zischler
16 titles
Filmography
16 results

Kings of the Road
(1976)A landmark film from the New German Cinema, Wenders’s iconic road movie offers up a cool portrait of post-war Germany—and its cinemas—through two lonely, sensitive souls. Photographed in sumptuous black-and-white by legendary cinematographer Robby Müller, the film was also dedicated to Fritz Lang!

A Prominent Patient
(2017)Jan Masaryk serves as the Czechoslovak ambassador to the United Kingdom, taking on the role after the death of his father, the founder of Czechoslovakia. When Nazi Germany threatens his country, he seeks assistance from the UK. Foreign language film with English Subtitles.

Black Island
(2021)The dark secrets of a seemingly peaceful island threaten to swallow up an orphaned student when he grows close to a mysterious new teacher.

A Place Called Dignity
(2021)Twelve-year-old Pablo receives a scholarship to attend school at the mysterious Colonia Dignidad, an isolated community established in Chile by German settlers. There he witnesses abusive behavior, disappearances and demon-like creatures used to scare children. But in this wicked world, a revolution is brewing, and that uprising may provide his only way to escape.

The Universal Theory
(2023)Amid an awesome Alpine backdrop, a gifted physicist enters a mind-bending web of murder and mystery. The spirits of Lynch, Lang and Hitchcock pervade this visually breathtaking cold war mystery-thriller.
The Meetings of Anna
(1978)
A Year Ago in Winter
(2008)A grieving woman commissions a painter to do a portrait of her children: her 22 year-old daughter, and her 19 year-old son, who recently died in a tragic accident. As he struggles to perfect his portrait, the stormy interaction between artist and subjects brings forth the intense psychological state of a complex family. A powerful story in which the tragic loss of a loved one becomes the catalyst for each family member to rediscover themselves and redefine their relationships.

The Berlin Affair
(1985)In Berlin during Hitler's rise to power, the entrancing daughter of the Japanese Ambassador to Germany weaves an intricate web of seduction and deceit in this searing tale of sensual obsession from one of Italy's most provocative directors.

Munich
(2005)A mission to assassinate the planners of a devastating terror attack at the 1972 Olympics leads a Mossad agent into a harrowing ethical no-man's-land.

Rommel
(2012)The story of the final seven months in the life of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.

The Rose Garden
(1989)The seemingly unprovoked attack of an elderly man in late-1980’s Germany puts a taciturn Jewish man on trial and his attorney in the line of fire.

Walk on Water
(2004)Following the suicide of his wife, an Israeli intelligence agent is assigned to befriend the grandchildren of a Nazi war criminal.

Francesco
(1989)A series of stories recounting the life and sacrifice of St. Francis of Assisi who abandoned the wealth he was raised with to join the less fortunate.

Flame & Citron
(2008)A drama centred on two members of the Holger Danske resistance group during World War II.

Clouds of Sils Maria
(2014)Professional rivalries and sexual tensions arise between an actress and her cast members during a reboot of the play that made her a star.

Whispers Behind the Wall
(2013)A law student begins a passionate romance with his landlady. Shortly afterwards, he discovers that she might have murdered the previous tenant.