Thomas Mauch Movies

For many years the old Waller worked as a railwayman. After Waller is informed that "his" track will be closed down and that he will be retired, he...

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

A poignant film essay about 'superfluous people' facing up to a moment of crisis in their lives.

The Flying Doctors of East Africa (German: Die Fliegenden Ärzte von Ostafrika) is a 1969 documentary film by Werner Herzog about the "flying...

Alexander spends christmas with his mother but this year he gets a new perspective on the traditions.

Thirty years of Neapolitan history (from 1942 to 1972) through the ups and downs of the Cavioli and Pagano families.

The life and struggles of the German writer Heinrich von Kleist.

Emotions and feelings should not be confused with sentimentality. Emotion is ancient and more powerful than any artistic expression. The film...

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

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...

A young German woman searches for happiness, liberation, and independence in the illusive wake of a transformative national recovery.

Mrs. Blackburn, born in 1872, i.e. before the history of cinema began, is Alexander Kluge's grandmother. Portrait of this lady.

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

West Berlin, 1974. The revolution didn't happen like it was supposed. Grischa, a 30-year-old actress dissatisfied with standard left-wing politics,...

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

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

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

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

Made with an eye to the autumn of 1980 when the German parliamentary elections took place, The Candidate examines Germany’s history past and...