Helke Sander Movies

  • 1969
    Wochenschau I: Requiem für eine Firma

    Wochenschau I: Requiem für eine Firma

    Wochenschau I: Requiem für eine Firma

    01969HD

    Film by a student collective of the dffb.

    Wochenschau I: Requiem für eine Firma
  • 1971
    A Bonus for Irene

    A Bonus for Irene

    A Bonus for Irene

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    In a critique to the Berliner films that depicted labour problems always through masculine lens, Sander changes the point of view. Irene, single...

    A Bonus for Irene
  • 1968
    Their Newspapers

    Their Newspapers

    Their Newspapers

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    Ihre Zeitungen is a political film rooted in the 1968 student campaign against the Springer press group, which controlled popular dailies such as the...

    Their Newspapers
  • 2023
    Helke Sander: Cleaning House

    Helke Sander: Cleaning House

    Helke Sander: Cleaning House

    102023HD

    Filmmaker and author Helke Sander is an icon not only of the women's movement, but also of new German cinema. Historical upheavals sometimes only...

    Helke Sander: Cleaning House
  • 1967
    The Words of the Chairman

    The Words of the Chairman

    The Words of the Chairman

    4.91967HD

    I was on a ship – this sounds like a novel: I had just embarked for Venezuela on June 2, 1967 as the Shah of Iran was arriving in West Berlin....

    The Words of the Chairman
  • 1983
    Die Gedächtnislücke. Film-Miniaturen über den alltäglichen Umgang mit Gift

    Die Gedächtnislücke. Film-Miniaturen über den alltäglichen Umgang mit Gift

    Die Gedächtnislücke. Film-Miniaturen über den alltäglichen Umgang mit Gift

    01983HD

    Omnibus film made by film students and produced by Helke Sander

    Die Gedächtnislücke. Film-Miniaturen über den alltäglichen Umgang mit Gift
  • 1999
    Muttertier - Muttermensch

    Muttertier - Muttermensch

    Muttertier - Muttermensch

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    Lucy, who is already human-like, claims that the first humans were mothers: The mother built a nest to secure the child when it became too heavy to...

    Muttertier - Muttermensch
  • 2005
    Mitten im Malestream

    Mitten im Malestream

    Mitten im Malestream

    02005HD

    A documentary essay on the 1960s women's liberation movement in Germany and it's developments and conflicts through the following decades.

    Mitten im Malestream
  • 1970
    Kinder sind keine Rinder

    Kinder sind keine Rinder

    Kinder sind keine Rinder

    01970HD

    The film documents the work of an anti-authoritarian and self-organized school store in Witzlebenstraße in Berlin-Charlottenburg, which emerged...

    Kinder sind keine Rinder
  • 1967
    3000 Houses

    3000 Houses

    3000 Houses

    01967HD

    “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....

    3000 Houses
  • 1981
    Der subjektive Faktor

    Der subjektive Faktor

    Der subjektive Faktor

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    At the end of the 1960s a young woman lays the foundation of the women's movement. As well as political initiatives against male dominance, a...

    Der subjektive Faktor
  • 1967
    Silvo

    Silvo

    Silvo

    01967HD

    Documentary showing the daily routine of Sander’s seven year old son, Silvo.

    Silvo
  • 1966
    Anmass - Mass

    Anmass - Mass

    Anmass - Mass

    01966HD

    Analysis of an incident in Nazi Germany involving a man and a jewish woman.

    Anmass - Mass
  • 1968
    Break the Power of the Manipulators

    Break the Power of the Manipulators

    Break the Power of the Manipulators

    01968HD

    Documentary by Helke Sander, in collaboration with Harun Farocki (among others), about the campaign of the West German New Left against the...

    Break the Power of the Manipulators
  • 1973
    Does the Pill Liberate?

    Does the Pill Liberate?

    Does the Pill Liberate?

    01973HD

    Seven young women from Berlin discuss their experiences with the pill in a studio setting and react to the ideas that young men of the same age have...

    Does the Pill Liberate?
  • 1970
    Völlerei? Füttern!

    Völlerei? Füttern!

    Völlerei? Füttern!

    01970HD

    Part of the episodic film, Seven women, seven sins, this is a different take on the Adam and Eve story. Eve does eat the apple and her curiosity...

    Völlerei? Füttern!