Hartmut Bitomsky Movies

A look at the pervasive power of dust from its tiny particles settling in unseen places to its ability to cause illnesses and create the cosmos.

“Six young people move through a city in order to establish the starting point of their joint action. But they can’t agree on the topic....

Clearly influenced by Brecht and Jean-Marie Straub, criticizes the reduction of human relations to economic relations as well as the US imperialism...

How should one define the relationship of documentary film to reality? Does it aim at authenticity or is it rather an “exile of reality”,...

Documentary about highway constructions in Nazi Germany.

A worker is sitting at a conveyor belt on which light bulbs are coming in at regular intervals. He takes the light bulbs from the conveyor belt and...

The two-part film by Hartmut Bitomsky is an "essay film with a plot." It revolves around the transportation of books that are meant to go from Munich...

A man and a woman meet in a bar. They walk through the night without any reason. At dawn they separate again. A long take.

A detailed, historical documentary about the construction and capabilities of the United States military's B-52 bomber.

"Highway 40 West" (1980/81) is the first of a series of documentaries by Hartmut Bitomsky (born 1942 in Bremen) which brought him international fame....

“Why does cinema need death, when it can’t show it?” The filmmaker’s monologue and the discourse of images meet

Bitomskys new film was inspired by the Japanese shakkei, which stands for the “borrowing” of a landscape. Japanese gardens are often...

Documentary about the films of John Ford.

This compilation film focuses on the contents of Nazi propaganda shorts such as "The Beauty of Work" (1934), "We Have No Problems" (1933), or "The...