Thomas Mauch Movies

The clownish security chief of a West German business is obsessed with protecting his factory from fancied and real breaches, especially from groups...

Early short by Werner Herzog shot while being on location in Greece shooting "Lebenszeichen".

Travelling salesman Gregor Samsa wakes to find that he's been transformed into a giant insect. This particular Franz Kafka adaptation is seen from...

Veronika is a young, devoutly religious Berlin woman from a strict bourgeois background diagnosed with schizophrenia. She experiences a profound...

A piece of lint from a Beethoven fan's record collection sticks to the clothes of a bank robber. Inspector Koschonsky finds the lint and solves the...

Elizabeth is a young woman who seeks happiness excessively burning out all those around her.

A drama that strings together vignettes of events taken from everyday newspaper headlines. Germans are shown in their reactions to World War II,...

The film accompanies Jenny Gröllmann, a German actress, during the last two years of her life.

A somewhat impressionist, at times even slightly surreal miniature about a student (Werner Stocker in a splendid performance) who, out of financial...

Skoda is the son of a wealthy, overbearing banker and rather than put up with his father to keep a privileged lifestyle, he has chosen to ditch the...

Early documentary by Edgar Reitz.

In five different countries, the filmmakers explore the question of why so many development aid projects have been so unsuccessful to date and how...

In 1966, German film critic Theodor Kotulla — who would go on to become one of the New German Cinema's most uncompromising filmmakers —...

An impoverished young man from Sicily travels to Wolfsburg, West Germany to find work. He takes a job in the Volkswagen factory after he travels...

A short montage about rhythm, movement, and speed.

Saroyanland is a docu-drama focusing on the journey of famous writer William Saroyan to the birthplace of his Armenian family Bitlis, in Turkey in...

Alice Schneider redecorates her house.