Hanns Zischler
14 titles
Filmography
14 results

Voyage to 'Metropolis'
(2010)A documentary about the making of the final version of "Metropolis" by restoring all material from different sources.

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!

Black Sun
(1998)As early as the 1900s, numerous occult and neo-Germanic groups emerged in Germany and Austria, claiming the dominance of the "Aryan race" on the basis of misunderstood legends and symbols. Several Nazi celebrities found additional confirmation for their world view in this.

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.

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.

All of a Sudden
(2016)After the party in Karsten’s apartment, everybody leaves except Anna. Admiringly, Karsten approaches this mysterious woman. How could he have known, that in a moment of weakness, his well-established life would spiral out of control and turn into a disaster? In this small provincial German town, disappointment soon fuels anger, justice hides behind hypocrisy, and evil gradually unfolds.

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.

Dr. M
(1990)In Berlin, in the near future, a police detective (Jan Niklas) connects a sudden rash of suicides to advertisements for a holiday club which feature an American model (Jennifer Beals). The club is owned by the sinister Dr M (Alan Bates) and it soon becomes clear that the doctor is experimenting with subliminal mind control. An update of the classic Fritz Lang thriller.

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.

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.

Ripley's Game
(2002)Tom Ripley finds his complacency shaken when he is scorned at a local party. He then devises a subtle and sinister game to exact retribution.

Post Impact
(2004)After a cataclysmic meteor strike hurls Earth into a new ice age, a few survivors search for others and a device that promises new hope for humankind.