Jörg Buttgereit

Using testimonies by pioneers and witnesses of the times, delve into the feverish visual culture the media generated – with far-fetched examples of...

After the Nazis took power, the resistance searched for a solution to end Adolf Hitler's evil dictatorship. They formulated a plan to bio-engineer...

The making of Jörg Buttgereits 1987 horror classic 'Nekromantik'.

Seven episodes, each taking place on a different day of the week, on the theme of suicide and violent death.

A short documentary about Jörg Buttgereit's father.

Maddie is haunted by her past but when the mysterious Mike Donovan shows up, her life turns upside down and her inner demons take the physical form...

A necrophilic street sweeper who cleans up after grisly accidents brings home a corpse for him and his girlfriend to enjoy sexually, but is dismayed...

It's 1973, the scene is New York, there's a strange virus, a penis transplant, a saw and a stick of leeks: Adam is not successful with women and has...

Portrait of the factory worker Klaus Beyer, who shoots wonderful Super-8 films in his free time and gives bizarre concerts as a Beatles interpreter.

The wild West Berlin of the 1980s became the creative melting pot of pop subcultures: music, art and chaos. Before the Iron Curtain fell, anything...

Horror anthology consisting of three episodes directed by Jörg Buttgereit, Andreas Marschall and Michal Kosakowski.

The author Stefan König has writer's block. This changes when he witnesses the murder of a prostitute. He doesn't alert the police because he sets...

Before there were home video formats and the internet, the “Bahnhofskinos” (“Train station cinemas”) in West Germany regularly showed trash...

Celluloid Horror explores Kier-La Janisse's tireless crusade to bring obscure cult horror film to the masses through her independently run...

The film deals loosely with the adventures of the grizzled Gustav who captains a ship – a giant floating ‘snailboat’ – with a crew of talking...

The dwarf Ogar lived alone and abandoned. He lived in a small, cramped cave and fed on garbage. One day, a prince rode by and wanted to free Ogar...

A documentary about the German band "Mutter".

Documentary about Klaus Beyer with footage of this performance at WP8 Künstlerverein, Düsseldorf, talks with Jörg Buttgereit and Christoph...

Monika lives with Rob, a corpse she loves. Her dilemma intensifies when she meets Mark and considers a normal life with him. She must choose between...

The Meltdown Memoirs depicts the production of the movie Street Trash along with cast and crew interviews 20 years later.

ABCs of Superheroes brings you not only one or two or five, but no less than twenty-six of the most heroic and outrageous Superheroes and...

The golden age of home video may be over, but VHS is still very much alive for these dedicated fans, collectors and low-budget filmmakers.

Tv documentary by Margarete Kreuzer about the sub-culture of West-Berlin in the 1980s. The unique political and geographical status of West-Berlin...

Documentary about film projectionists.

The Captain Berlin character was created by Buttgereit in the early 1980s and first appeared in his Super 8 short film CAPTAIN BERLIN - RETTER DER...

Disappointed by love, suicidal Norman arranges to meet some like-minded people. But when he arrives at the meeting the alleged suicides turn out to...

Reveals the extreme measures lawmakers and critics go through to censor avant-garde artists, who walk the fine line between art, perversion, religion...

Jörg Buttgereit short film.

Early no budget experimental Super-8 short film made by Buttgereit in just one day in 1982. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler has survived the war, holed up...

Jörg Buttgereit himself plays a TV horror show presenter, introducing the audience to a variety of "Horror classics”. These are of course all...

A guy is in love with a girl. He sees her one day with another guy, freaks out, commits suicide, and then she has a baby.

A feature length documentary following the making of horror director, Jorg Buttgerreit's movies.

A 2014 documentary looking at the impact of the film on the horror scene both in the UK and abroad, featuring interviews with genre critic Alan...

A short documentary featuring an interview with director Jörg Buttgereit.

Documentary about the rise of the Video Home System in Germany.

Compilation of amateur short films that consist of sex, violence and very bizarre humor. The safety regulations apply: keep out of the reach of...

Jelenski and Buttgereit delight us once again with a collection of selected bizarre things that even add one more to the first part.

When a giant monster ravages a German town, humanity’s only hope lies in the secret weapon known as the super giant fighting robot

Guided by his doctor (or is it voices in his head?), a young director is given a mission: to go to Texas to make an abstract roadmovie (“Unfocused...

While searching for Nazi documents in an Austrian farmhouse, a team of experts uncovers a hidden secret buried in its bowels. American expatriate...

Klaus Beyer turned 70 and celebrated with an open-air concert in the Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin. Georg Maas, Matl Findel, Sabine Herpich and Stephan...

After the Nazis took power, the resistance searched for a solution to end Adolf Hitler's evil dictatorship. They formulated a plan to bio-engineer...

Jörg Buttgereit, a lifelong fan of Japanese monster movies, as he travels to Japan to explore the world of Kaijū cinema — including iconic...

Film icons and genre experts share observations, experiences, and analysis to help reframe, deconstruct, and re-contextualize the "lost" decade of...

Behind the scenes of Jörg Buttgereit's Der Todesking.

Behind the scenes of Jörg Buttgereit's Nekromantik 2.

Behind the scenes of Jörg Buttgereit's Schramm.

Berlin Super 80 is a compilation of 18 short movies shot in Super 8 by West German experimental film makers during the late 1970s/early 80s....

In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 celebrates and explores the movies that defined the era: from Scream’s genre-shattering impact to J-Horror’s...