Peter Nestler Movies

  • 1991
    The North Calotte

    The North Calotte

    The North Calotte

    51991HD

    A documentary about the Sami people across Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, and about the environmental devastation in that area throughout the...

    The North Calotte
  • 2022
    Injustice and Resistance

    Injustice and Resistance

    Injustice and Resistance

    02022HD

    For more than eight decades, German Sinti and Roma experienced injustice. The film tells of the family of activist Romani Rose, their resistance and...

    Injustice and Resistance
  • 1968
    Sightseeing

    Sightseeing

    Sightseeing

    01968HD

    A short pamphlet based on a text by Peter Weiss and on the contrapuntal use of the relation between image and sound. The commercial activities and...

    Sightseeing
  • 1976
    Foreigners Pt. 1: Ships and Cannons

    Foreigners Pt. 1: Ships and Cannons

    Foreigners Pt. 1: Ships and Cannons

    01976HD

    "Nestler relates the histories of shipbuilding, armaments, and war in Europe to the exploitation of labor and the circulation of knowledge and...

    Foreigners Pt. 1: Ships and Cannons
  • 1981
    Is Peace Anti-Constitutional?

    Is Peace Anti-Constitutional?

    Is Peace Anti-Constitutional?

    01981HD

    Rarely screened documentary on West-German anti-communism and the Deutsches Friedenunion [The German Peace Union]. Made in collaboration with...

    Is Peace Anti-Constitutional?
  • 1999
    The Roman Street in the Aosta Valley

    The Roman Street in the Aosta Valley

    The Roman Street in the Aosta Valley

    51999HD

    Today, the Römerstrasse in Italy's Aosta valley, is a significant traffic artery in the center of modern Europe. Nestler's journey explores the...

    The Roman Street in the Aosta Valley
  • 1961
    The Magic Fountain

    The Magic Fountain

    The Magic Fountain

    01961HD

    In this tale based on a Brothers Grimm story, Prince Alfred searches for an enchanted castle that holds a magic fountain whose waters can cure his...

    The Magic Fountain
  • 2021
    Picasso in Vallauris

    Picasso in Vallauris

    Picasso in Vallauris

    62021HD

    In 1950, Picasso was offered a room that had once been used as a chapel in his hometown of Vallauris. He pictured turning it into a “pagan site...

    Picasso in Vallauris
  • 1969
    In Budapest

    In Budapest

    In Budapest

    01969HD

    short film about a wicker weaver in Budapest

    In Budapest
  • 1997
    Pachamama: Our Land

    Pachamama: Our Land

    Pachamama: Our Land

    7.31997HD

    “This film is about the indigenous cultures of Ecuador, of what is past and what is preserved, of destruction and resistance, of persisting in...

    Pachamama: Our Land
  • 1970
    Varför är det krig?

    Varför är det krig?

    Varför är det krig?

    01970HD

    Essay film about the origins of war in human history

    Varför är det krig?
  • 1975
    Mining/Ironworks, Pt. 2

    Mining/Ironworks, Pt. 2

    Mining/Ironworks, Pt. 2

    01975HD

    In the 1970s, Peter and his wife, Zsóka Nestler, collaborated on a series of educational films for television that focused on craft-making....

    Mining/Ironworks, Pt. 2
  • 1981
    Hiroshima - Ahead of Us?

    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...

    Hiroshima - Ahead of Us?
  • 2007
    Verteidigung der Zeit

    Verteidigung der Zeit

    Verteidigung der Zeit

    02007HD

    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...

    Verteidigung der Zeit
  • 2002
    Die Verwandlung des guten Nachbarn

    Die Verwandlung des guten Nachbarn

    Die Verwandlung des guten Nachbarn

    02002HD

    The revolt at Sobibór extermination camp in October 1943 is a central episode of resistance against national socialism. Thomas...

    Die Verwandlung des guten Nachbarn
  • 1996
    Hararna fångar och steker jägaren

    Hararna fångar och steker jägaren

    Hararna fångar och steker jägaren

    01996HD

    Peter Nestler illustrates a poem by Hans Sachs from 1540.

    Hararna fångar och steker jägaren
  • 1991
    Am Rand

    Am Rand

    Am Rand

    01991HD

    Documentary about empty space in Berlin

    Am Rand
  • 1968
    Röster från Ruhr

    Röster från Ruhr

    Röster från Ruhr

    01968HD

    This film is arguably Nestler's angriest documentary. It is a bitter personal statement about life in the Ruhr region: the fight against fascism, the...

    Röster från Ruhr
  • 1970
    Up the Danube

    Up the Danube

    Up the Danube

    01970HD

    Filmed aboard a Hungarian ship, this is a journey upstream the Danube, recalling the vital role the majestic river played in the settlement and...

    Up the Danube
  • 2015
    The Hollow People

    The Hollow People

    The Hollow People

    02015HD

    “Don’t be scared,” he’d whisper, “There’s nothing to be scared of. It’s just the hollow people.”...

    The Hollow People