Peter Nestler Movies
- 1963
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle6.11963HD
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.
- 1961
Black Gravel
Black Gravel7.21961HD
Tensions arise when a US military base is built in a small village in post-war Germany.
- 2022
The Open View
The Open View02022HD
The film presents artists from the Sinti and Roma minority who shape the trauma of persecution and very personal experiences in their works.
- 1958
Der Schinderhannes
Der Schinderhannes7.81958HD
- 1981
Hiroshima - Ahead of Us?
Hiroshima - Ahead of Us?5.51981HD
This work produced by Swedish television, where Swedish kids reads texts written by Japanese kids about their experiencing of and surviving the...
- 1965
A Working Men's Club in Sheffield
A Working Men's Club in Sheffield5.91965HD
A documentary of the town of Sheffield's main pub and the people who went there.
- 1970
Being Gypsy
Being Gypsy5.71970HD
Roma and Sinti people talk about their experiences in the Third Reich and the Federal Republic of Germany, inspired by Otto Pankok’s paintings...
- 1966
Rhine River
Rhine River5.81966HD
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...
- 1961
The Magic Fountain
The Magic Fountain01961HD
In this tale based on a Brothers Grimm story, Prince Alfred searches for an enchanted castle that holds a magic fountain whose waters can cure his...
- 2022
Injustice and Resistance
Injustice and Resistance02022HD
For more than eight decades, German Sinti and Roma experienced injustice. The film tells of the family of activist Romani Rose, their resistance and...
- 1966
From Greece
From Greece7.61966HD
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...
- 1997
Pachamama: Our Land
Pachamama: Our Land7.31997HD
“This film is about the indigenous cultures of Ecuador, of what is past and what is preserved, of destruction and resistance, of persisting in...
- 1963
By the Dike Sluice
By the Dike Sluice5.21963HD
In his first film, Peter Nestler gives voice to an old floodgate. A nearby village, its inhabitants, wooden posts and twisted willow rods are...
- 1966
Abschied
Abschied01966HD
The burial of an old woman leads to several complications among family and friends.
- 1991
Am Rand
Am Rand01991HD
Documentary about empty space in Berlin
- 1973
Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene
Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene5.41973HD
This is a small, intense film based on Schoenberg’s opus of the same name with the subtitle “danger, fear, catastrophe”. It deals...
- 2009
Death and the Devil
Death and the Devil52009HD
Ethnologist and adventurer, Count Eric von Rosen was a man of contradictions: interested in the natives of Africa and colonial racism. Nestler...
- 1968
Röster från Ruhr
Röster från Ruhr01968HD
This film is arguably Nestler's angriest documentary. It is a bitter personal statement about life in the Ruhr region: the fight against fascism, the...
- 1988
The Jewish Lane
The Jewish Lane01988HD
Nestler traces the history of Frankfurt’s Jewish ghetto from the middle ages to the present day.
- 2007
Verteidigung der Zeit
Verteidigung der Zeit02007HD
Peter Nestler's poetic documentary Verteidigung der Zeit is not only an hommage to Jean-Marie Straub's and Danièle Huillet's film Quei loro...