Renato Berta Movies

  • 1973
    Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene

    Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene

    Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene

    5.51973HD

    This is a small, intense film based on Schoenberg’s opus of the same name with the subtitle “danger, fear, catastrophe”. It deals...

    Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene
  • 2012
    Un héritier

    Un héritier

    Un héritier

    52012HD

    In 1994, Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet adapted the novel Colette Baudoche – Story of a Young Girl of Metz by Maurice...

    Un héritier
  • 1972
    History Lessons

    History Lessons

    History Lessons

    5.61972HD

    Set in contemporary Rome, the film shows through a series of encounters with “ancient” Romans, how the economic and political...

    History Lessons
  • 2008
    Artemide’s Knee

    Artemide’s Knee

    Artemide’s Knee

    62008HD

    Mourning the death of his partner and collaborator Danièle Huillet, Straub finds tender mercy in music and nature. Out of the abyss, Kathleen...

    Artemide’s Knee
  • 2014
    The Old Man of Belem

    The Old Man of Belem

    The Old Man of Belem

    4.52014HD

    Don Quixote, Luís de Camões, Camilo Castelo Branco and Teixeira de Pascoaes meet in an eternal garden in the middle of a modern city...

    The Old Man of Belem
  • 1984
    Tosca's Kiss

    Tosca's Kiss

    Tosca's Kiss

    6.91984HD

    Memoirs of the Italian Opera by the singers and musicians of the Casa Verdi, Milan, the world’s first nursing home for retired opera singers,...

    Tosca's Kiss
  • 1979
    Messidor

    Messidor

    Messidor

    6.61979HD

    Two young women from very different backgrounds journey into the countryside seeking respite from unsatisfactory lives and relationships, but...

    Messidor
  • 2002
    Dolando

    Dolando

    Dolando

    02002HD

    "At the end of filming Umiliati, Straub and Huillet gave thanks to the cast and crew in a graceful way: by inviting Dolando Bernardini to sing...

    Dolando
  • 2012
    You, Me and Us

    You, Me and Us

    You, Me and Us

    5.82012HD

    Aya and Louis separated a long time ago. Their little girl, Lina, is now 7 years old. Today, Aya lives with Victor, with whom she’d like to...

    You, Me and Us
  • 1995
    Kazuo Ohno

    Kazuo Ohno

    Kazuo Ohno

    01995HD

    Kazuo Ohno, Father of the Butoh Dance, first appeared on stage at the age of 43. He left the stage only at the age of one hundred, three years before...

    Kazuo Ohno
  • 1976
    The Big Night

    The Big Night

    The Big Night

    5.21976HD

    In Lausanne, Léon is involved by accident with a small Leninist group and gets to know Léa, a dedicated activist and the group leader's...

    The Big Night
  • 1997
    The Silence of Rak

    The Silence of Rak

    The Silence of Rak

    61997HD

    The adventures of Rak, who after his dismissal begins to reflect on the meaning of the word work and on the act of working.

    The Silence of Rak
  • 2006
    These Encounters of Theirs

    These Encounters of Theirs

    These Encounters of Theirs

    6.42006HD

    These Encounters Of Theirs divides 10 non-professional actors into couples, then has them take turns in declaiming the Dialogues With Leuco, Cesare...

    These Encounters of Theirs
  • 1977
    Fortini/Cani

    Fortini/Cani

    Fortini/Cani

    5.31977HD

    The film is a sort of presentation of Franco Fortini's book 'I Cani del Sinai'. Fortini, an Italian Jew, reads excerpts from the book about his...

    Fortini/Cani
  • 2004
    A Visit to the Louvre

    A Visit to the Louvre

    A Visit to the Louvre

    6.22004HD

    A visit to the Louvre in Paris commentated by an actor reading Cézanne.

    A Visit to the Louvre
  • 1974
    The Wonderful Crook

    The Wonderful Crook

    The Wonderful Crook

    5.81974HD

    A manufacturer of furniture sees his business go down and decides to rob banks to pay his staff. Het gets romantically involved with one of his...

    The Wonderful Crook
  • 1995
    Things

    Things

    Things

    6.71995HD

    Drama - This Israeli drama tells the story of three men living in Tel Aviv. They set off to attend a funeral. Unfortunately, they cannot find the...

    Things
  • 2011
    O somma luce

    O somma luce

    O somma luce

    5.82011HD

    In darkness, we hear a recording of the scandalous 1954 debut performance of Edgar Varèse’s revolutionary Déserts at the...

    O somma luce
  • 1987
    The Death of Empedocles

    The Death of Empedocles

    The Death of Empedocles

    5.31987HD

    Film adaptation by Straub and Huillet of Hölderlin’s 1798 tragedy on the symbolic death of Empedocles, the legislator in Ancient Greece.

    The Death of Empedocles
  • 2014
    Chafariz das Virtudes

    Chafariz das Virtudes

    Chafariz das Virtudes

    22014HD

    Every year the Viennale invites a famous director to produce a short film as the festival trailer. In 2014 the choice has fallen on the 105-year old...

    Chafariz das Virtudes