Movies: Jürgen Böttcher

  • 1970
    Gezeiten

    Gezeiten (1970)

    Gezeiten

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    A young officer suffers under his ambitious wife, who is determined to make a captain out of him. Meanwhile, ship's cook Andresen becomes a father and, for the sake of his wife, becomes an innkeeper ashore, but he is still driven by wanderlust....

    Gezeiten
  • 1961
    Three of Many

    Three of Many (1961)

    Three of Many

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    Böttchers film showcases three young workers who learn how to paint, draw, and make sculptures out of stone. The film generated a storm of mistrust, as there is no leading communist party, and the three individuals live blithely and independently of ...

    Three of Many
  • 1979
    Martha

    Martha (1979)

    Martha

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    Martha Bieder is the last rubble-woman in Berlin Rummelsburg. Every day, rain or shine, she stands at the conveyor belt - as she has for decades - sorting through rubble. After a retirement party thrown for her by her male colleagues, she tells her s...

    Martha
  • 1966
    Born in '45

    Born in '45 (1966)

    Born in '45

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    Originally banned in 1966, East German director Jürgen Böttcher's tale of love and disillusionment among two newlyweds attempting to navigate the treacherous world of marriage was never officially released in his homeland until after reunification in...

    Born in '45
  • 1990
    The Wall

    The Wall (1990)

    The Wall

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    A documentary about the deconstruction of the Berlin Wall which makes no use of vocal commentary but instead focuses on visual elements. From the Potsdamer Platz to the Brandenburg Gate, the camera captures the historic events from all sides and diff...

    The Wall
  • 1977
    Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda

    Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda (1977)

    Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda

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    A documentary about French film director Agnès Varda on the set of her 1977 film ONE SINGS, THE OTHER DOESN'T. It includes interviews with Varda and the lead actors in the film....

    Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda
  • 1960
    Necessary Years of Learning

    Necessary Years of Learning (1960)

    Necessary Years of Learning

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    Böttcher made his graduation film about young people who had become delinquent in a youth work yard in Thuringia. Already here a striking feature of his later films becomes apparent: Jürgen Böttcher gives his protagonists a lot of space; he approache...

    Necessary Years of Learning
  • 1987
    The Kitchen

    The Kitchen (1987)

    The Kitchen

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    This documentary follows a group of women on a typical workday as they prepare meals for a dockyard in Rostock. The viewer never learns their names - there are no interviews. The women are presented simply as workers: cooking, cleaning, hauling, and ...

    The Kitchen
  • 1990
    Berliner Ballade

    Berliner Ballade (1990)

    Berliner Ballade

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    Some months after the fall of the Berlin wall, during the time of federal elections in Germany in 1990, Chris Marker shot this passionate documentary, reflecting the state of the place and its spirit with remarkable acuity....

    Berliner Ballade
  • 2004
    Der Maler und Filmemacher Jürgen Böttcher Strawalde

    Der Maler und Filmemacher Jürgen Böttcher Strawalde (2004)

    Der Maler und Filmemacher Jürgen Böttcher Strawalde

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    Der Maler und Filmemacher Jürgen Böttcher Strawalde
  • 1977
    Im Lohmgrund

    Im Lohmgrund (1977)

    Im Lohmgrund

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    Sculptor Makolies is filmed working on a sculpture in the middle of a quarry in Swiss Saxony. The quarry workers go about their work around him. Both the work in the quarry and the work on the large figure in sandstone require strenght and conscienti...

    Im Lohmgrund
  • 1974
    Wer die Erde liebt

    Wer die Erde liebt (1974)

    Wer die Erde liebt

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    A documentary dedicated to the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students held in East Berlin in the summer of 1973....

    Wer die Erde liebt
  • 1992
    Sammelsurium - Ein ostelbischer Kulturfilm

    Sammelsurium - Ein ostelbischer Kulturfilm (1992)

    Sammelsurium - Ein ostelbischer Kulturfilm

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    Sammelsurium - Ein ostelbischer Kulturfilm
  • 2004
    Ein bisschen Luft unter die Flügel

    Ein bisschen Luft unter die Flügel (2004)

    Ein bisschen Luft unter die Flügel

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    Founded in 1954 as the “Deutsche Hochschule für Filmkunst”, today's “Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen” is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The documentary traces the history of the university. Graduates of the school have their say and excerpts of ...

    Ein bisschen Luft unter die Flügel
  • 1963
    Stars

    Stars (1963)

    Stars

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    This black and white documentary film reports on a brigade of women, they are the "stars" of a Berlin light bulb factory. What is striking is the cordiality and good cooperation within the women's group, despite their monotonous work in the control a...

    Stars
  • 2021
    Strawalde - Ein Leben in Bildern

    Strawalde - Ein Leben in Bildern (2021)

    Strawalde - Ein Leben in Bildern

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    Strawalde - Ein Leben in Bildern
  • 1968
    Zoo Film

    Zoo Film (1968)

    Zoo Film

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    This black and white documentary film reports from the Berlin Zoo, located in the Friedrichsfelde district of the Lichtenberg district, was opened in 1955 and is the largest landscape animal garden in Europe with an area of 160 hectares. With shots w...

    Zoo Film
  • 1981
    Potter's Bull

    Potter's Bull (1981)

    Potter's Bull

    01981HD

    Potter's Bull is the first part of the "Over-Paintings" Trilogy (Uebermalungen) by painter and director STRAWALDE (Juergen Boettcher). Paulus Potter's simple postcard scene entitled "The Young Bull" ("den jungen Stier") is artistically alienated in a...

    Potter's Bull
  • 1990
    La Villette

    La Villette (1990)

    La Villette

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    Only two months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, in January 1990, almost two hundred controversial East German visual and performance artists—including Jürgen Böttcher, the Autoperforation Artists, AG Geige, Via Lewandowsky, Trak Wendisch, Conny He...

    La Villette
  • 1974
    Die Mamais

    Die Mamais (1974)

    Die Mamais

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    Die Mamais