Michael Ballhaus Movies

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...

Only the chosen few know this woman who started working as a secretary for the German Film and Television Academy (DFFB) on 13 February, 1966. The...

Though he never actually worked in Hollywood, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who died in 1982 at the age of 36, was influenced greatly by American studio...

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

A couple (Karin Thome and Eberhard Klasse), whose relationship can't hold up to the pressure of their financial and career problems, only have their...

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....

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

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 production of a film requires recording equipment and financial resources, if nothing else. Hellmuth Costard places these basic prerequisites at...

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

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

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

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

Essentially an extensive travelogue through Greece and its islands, this 103-minute documentary was written, directed, and shot over a two-year...

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...

Documentary film.