Heiner Müller Movies

  • 1993
    Anti-Opera

    Anti-Opera

    Anti-Opera

    01993HD

    Heiner Müller was invited to a conference in Japan on the fate of opera in the 20th and 21st century. He talks about his flight over Siberia and...

    Anti-Opera
  • 1989
    Portrait of Heiner Müller for his 60th Birthday

    Portrait of Heiner Müller for his 60th Birthday

    Portrait of Heiner Müller for his 60th Birthday

    01989HD

    This portrait of Heiner Müller on the occasion of his 60th birthday is devoted for the most part to having Müller recount events and...

    Portrait of Heiner Müller for his 60th Birthday
  • 1993
    Plowshare of Evil

    Plowshare of Evil

    Plowshare of Evil

    01993HD

    Citing Nietzsche, Müller defines intellectuals as the "ploughshares of evil," whose task it is "to create chaos, to destroy conceptions of...

    Plowshare of Evil
  • 2009
    Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller

    Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller

    Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller

    02009HD

    This film not only illuminates Heiner Müller's life and works, it is more about questioning the "Sphinx" of the East and its saying about the...

    Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller
  • 1995
    The Voice of the Playwright

    The Voice of the Playwright

    The Voice of the Playwright

    01995HD

    One of Müllers's vocal cords was paralyzed as a result of a life-saving radical operation (1995). At the beginning of the discussion Müller...

    The Voice of the Playwright
  • 1996
    He Who Smokes Looks Cold-Blooded

    He Who Smokes Looks Cold-Blooded

    He Who Smokes Looks Cold-Blooded

    01996HD

    A few months before his death, Müller responded to the keywords "breathing" and "smoking" with an anecdote that interprets breathing as an...

    He Who Smokes Looks Cold-Blooded
  • 1990
    Die Zeit ist aus den Fugen

    Die Zeit ist aus den Fugen

    Die Zeit ist aus den Fugen

    01990HD

    Die Zeit ist aus den Fugen
  • 1990
    Some Kind of Shadow Machines Were Passing by

    Some Kind of Shadow Machines Were Passing by

    Some Kind of Shadow Machines Were Passing by

    01990HD

    In this interview Müller and Kluge explore the East German’s memories of the final days of the war. The session is introduced by a clip...

    Some Kind of Shadow Machines Were Passing by
  • 2012
    Rigor Was His Mark of Quality

    Rigor Was His Mark of Quality

    Rigor Was His Mark of Quality

    02012HD

    Heiner Müller defines Stoicism as an attempt to deal with anarchy. For him, Erich Honecker is an example for "forced stoicism". Müller...

    Rigor Was His Mark of Quality
  • 1990
    Heiner Müller on Legal Questions

    Heiner Müller on Legal Questions

    Heiner Müller on Legal Questions

    01990HD

    "The metaphor is cleverer than the author" (Lichtenberg), a "screen," an "instrument for bundling" (Müller), because "everything changes so...

    Heiner Müller on Legal Questions
  • 1991
    Rome, as Far Away as the Moon

    Rome, as Far Away as the Moon

    Rome, as Far Away as the Moon

    01991HD

    Movie scenes, montages of images and text, as well as conversations between Alexander Kluge, playwright Heiner Müller and classicist Wilfried...

    Rome, as Far Away as the Moon
  • 2004
    Der Ausländer

    Der Ausländer

    Der Ausländer

    02004HD

    Documentary by Thomas Heise filmed in East Berlin in 1987/88.

    Der Ausländer
  • 1997
    The Poet as Metaphor Slingshot

    The Poet as Metaphor Slingshot

    The Poet as Metaphor Slingshot

    01997HD

    The point of departure for this discussion is the question of whether the collapse of the Soviet Union is dramatic material. Müller answers with...

    The Poet as Metaphor Slingshot
  • 1988
    Keine Hand wäscht die Andere

    Keine Hand wäscht die Andere

    Keine Hand wäscht die Andere

    01988HD

    On the run from her criminal Italian husband, a young French woman meets a German lover in West Berlin who offers her shelter but who also gets...

    Keine Hand wäscht die Andere
  • 1998
    Mão Morta Müller no Hotel Hessischer Hof

    Mão Morta Müller no Hotel Hessischer Hof

    Mão Morta Müller no Hotel Hessischer Hof

    01998HD

    Documentary on Mão Morta's three sole concerts.

    Mão Morta Müller no Hotel Hessischer Hof
  • 1970
    Hamletmachine

    Hamletmachine

    Hamletmachine

    01970HD

    A filmed Musical adaption of Heiner Müller's 1977 play HAMLETMACHINE preformed at The Castillo Theater in 2002.

    Hamletmachine
  • 1995
    Unter Deutschen

    Unter Deutschen

    Unter Deutschen

    71995HD

    Unter Deutschen