Peter Nestler Movies
- 1963
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle6.21963HD
A strangler is loose on a British estate, and he not only strangles his victims but brands an "M" onto their foreheads before he decapitates them.
- 1961
Black Gravel
Black Gravel71961HD
Tensions rise when a U.S. military base is built in a small village in post-war Germany.
- 1958
Der Schinderhannes
Der Schinderhannes6.81958HD
1802: The adventurous life story of Hans Bückler, known as “Schinderhannes”, who fights against the French occupying forces and...
- 1961
Und sowas nennt sich Leben
Und sowas nennt sich Leben71961HD
A large German city at the beginning of the 1960s. This is where the well-to-do Berger family lives. Outwardly a bourgeois idyll, but behind the...
- 1973
Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene
Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene5.51973HD
This is a small, intense film based on Schoenberg’s opus of the same name with the subtitle “danger, fear, catastrophe”. It deals...
- 1966
Abschied
Abschied01966HD
The burial of an old woman leads to several complications among family and friends.
- 1966
From Greece
From Greece7.61966HD
The first part of this film is devoted to the Greek resistance against fascism and the civil war for independence. While the voice-over recites facts...
- 1966
Rhine River
Rhine River5.81966HD
In a 13-minute navigation, Nestler takes us downstream the Rhine River. The opportunity of cheap water transport kept prices of raw material down and...
- 2017
Farewell to the Parents
Farewell to the Parents02017HD
The film is based on the eponymous 1960 novel by author Peter Weiss. In this autobiographical text, the author describes the years of his childhood...
- 1981
Hiroshima - Ahead of Us?
Hiroshima - Ahead of Us?5.51981HD
This work produced by Swedish television, where Swedish kids reads texts written by Japanese kids about their experiencing of and surviving the...
- 2002
Die Verwandlung des guten Nachbarn
Die Verwandlung des guten Nachbarn02002HD
The revolt at Sobibór extermination camp in October 1943 is a central episode of resistance against national socialism. Thomas...
- 2009
Death and the Devil
Death and the Devil52009HD
Ethnologist and adventurer, Count Eric von Rosen was a man of contradictions: interested in the natives of Africa and colonial racism. Nestler...
- 1999
The Roman Street in the Aosta Valley
The Roman Street in the Aosta Valley51999HD
Today, the Römerstrasse in Italy's Aosta valley, is a significant traffic artery in the center of modern Europe. Nestler's journey explores the...
- 1991
Am Rand
Am Rand01991HD
Documentary about empty space in Berlin
- 2007
Verteidigung der Zeit
Verteidigung der Zeit02007HD
Peter Nestler's poetic documentary Verteidigung der Zeit is not only an hommage to Jean-Marie Straub's and Danièle Huillet's film Quei loro...
- 2000
Flight
Flight02000HD
Jewish painter Leopold Mayer fled his native Frankfurt at the rise of the Nazi regime. Although briefly finding refuge in France, where he changed...
- 1978
...something about the indians of the United States
...something about the indians of the United States01978HD
Documentary short made for Swedish public television (SVT) about the past and current situation for Native Americans in the US. The film was produced...
- 1969
In Budapest
In Budapest01969HD
short film about a wicker weaver in Budapest
- 2015
The Hollow People
The Hollow People02015HD
“Don’t be scared,” he’d whisper, “There’s nothing to be scared of. It’s just the hollow people.”...
- 1975
Mining/Ironworks, Pt. 2
Mining/Ironworks, Pt. 201975HD
In the 1970s, Peter and his wife, Zsóka Nestler, collaborated on a series of educational films for television that focused on craft-making....