Harun Farocki Movies

  • 1968
    Break the Power of the Manipulators

    Break the Power of the Manipulators

    Break the Power of the Manipulators

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    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
  • 1995
    Pilots

    Pilots

    Pilots

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    Drifters tells of Karin, a past-her-prime cosmetics saleswoman, with her increasing exasperation with her life and her dreams of leaving it all...

    Pilots
  • 1973
    The Trouble with Images. A Critique of Television

    The Trouble with Images. A Critique of Television

    The Trouble with Images. A Critique of Television

    01973HD

    Refreshingly, Farocki lays his cards on the table at the very beginning of the film, “I want to demonstrate that most feature films are of the...

    The Trouble with Images. A Critique of Television
  • 1967
    3000 Houses

    3000 Houses

    3000 Houses

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    “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
  • 1983
    Straub/Huillet: Work on

    Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations"

    Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations"

    01983HD

    A behind the scenes film of Class Relations.

    Straub/Huillet: Work on
  • 1970
    Die Teilung aller Tage

    Die Teilung aller Tage

    Die Teilung aller Tage

    01970HD

    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...

    Die Teilung aller Tage
  • 1968
    White Christmas

    White Christmas

    White Christmas

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    One of the many films drawing a connection between Christmas and war. It is unclear whether the longing for a white Christmas is being taken...

    White Christmas
  • 1985
    Film-Tip: Le thé au harem d’Archimède

    Film-Tip: Le thé au harem d’Archimède

    Film-Tip: Le thé au harem d’Archimède

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    Film-Tip: Le thé au harem d’Archimède
  • 1969
    Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin

    Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin

    Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin

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    Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin
  • 2025
    Make Up

    Make Up

    Make Up

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    “The make-up artist Serge Lutens is shown covering a model’s face with powder then working it into her face over several minutes. The...

    Make Up
  • 1997
    The Interview

    The Interview

    The Interview

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    In the summer of 1996, Farocki filmed application training courses in which one learns how to apply for a job. School drop-outs, university...

    The Interview
  • 1978
    Between Two Wars

    Between Two Wars

    Between Two Wars

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    A film about the time of the blast furnaces – 1917–1933 – about the development of an industry, about perfect machinery which had...

    Between Two Wars
  • 1998
    What Farocki Taught

    What Farocki Taught

    What Farocki Taught

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    A English-language remake of the German film "Nicht löschbares Feuer" (1969).

    What Farocki Taught
  • 2010
    Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow

    Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow

    Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow

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    An exploration of how the U.S. military employs video game technology to train troops for war. In A Sun With No Shadow, Farocki calls attention to...

    Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow
  • 2020
    Labour in a Single Shot

    Labour in a Single Shot

    Labour in a Single Shot

    02020HD

    A few years ago, German artists Antje Ehmann and Harun Farocki conducted workshops on the subject of work in 15 cities around the world. The result...

    Labour in a Single Shot
  • 2025
    The Words of the Chairman

    The Words of the Chairman

    The Words of the Chairman

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    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
  • 1968
    Three Shots at Rudi

    Three Shots at Rudi

    Three Shots at Rudi

    01968HD

    On Easter 1968 an assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke was carried out. Shortly afterwards street battles resulted throughout West Germany....

    Three Shots at Rudi
  • 1970
    Cinématon n°1068 : Harun Farocki

    Cinématon n°1068 : Harun Farocki

    Cinématon n°1068 : Harun Farocki

    01970HD

    Portrait of German filmmaker Harun Farocki, shot in Paris (France) on July 12, 1988 at 2:15 PM.

    Cinématon n°1068 : Harun Farocki
  • 1992
    Camera and Reality

    Camera and Reality

    Camera and Reality

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    Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujica discuss the visual material of the 1989 Romanian revolution they used for Videogramme einer Revolution (1992) in a...

    Camera and Reality
  • 2003
    War at a Distance

    War at a Distance

    War at a Distance

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    In 1991, when images of the Gulf War flooded the international media, it was virtually impossible to distinguish between real pictures and those...

    War at a Distance