Peter Tscherkassky Movies

  • 1999
    Outer Space

    Outer Space

    Outer Space

    6.41999HD

    A young woman move towards a house that holds a potentially dangerous spirit that has been tormenting her. The woman tries to fight against the film...

    Outer Space
  • 2001
    Dream Work

    Dream Work

    Dream Work

    6.72001HD

    A woman goes to bed, falls asleep, and begins to dream. This dream takes her to a landscape of light and shadow, evoked in a form only possible...

    Dream Work
  • 1985
    Manufractur

    Manufractur

    Manufractur

    61985HD

    A tangled network woven with tiny particles of movements broken out of found footage and compiled anew: the elements of the "to the left, to the...

    Manufractur
  • 2015
    The Exquisite Corpus

    The Exquisite Corpus

    The Exquisite Corpus

    5.9642015HD

    The Exquisite Corpus is based on various erotic films and advertising rushes. Myriad fragments are melted into a single sensuous, humorous, gruesome,...

    The Exquisite Corpus
  • 1999
    The Arrival

    The Arrival

    The Arrival

    5.4221999HD

    The first of Peter Tscherkassky's Cinemascope trilogy of short films is a fragmented glimpse of images pulsating with chaotic rhythm as they fight...

    The Arrival
  • 1982
    Erotique

    Erotique

    Erotique

    5.11982HD

    One can determine a line in Tscherkassky’s oeuvre which turns around a game with filmic presentation, with degrees of recognisability —...

    Erotique
  • 1984
    Motion Picture (Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory)

    Motion Picture (Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory)

    Motion Picture (Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory)

    4.51984HD

    In the darkroom, 50 unexposed film strips were laid across a surface, upon which a frame of "La sortie des ouvrier de l'usine Lumière" was...

    Motion Picture (Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory)
  • 1987
    Shot / Countershot

    Shot / Countershot

    Shot / Countershot

    5.4551987HD

    Not a stage direction, but rather something very concrete is hidden behind the technical term. Something which betrays a little of the yearning for...

    Shot / Countershot
  • 2006
    Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine

    Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine

    Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine

    5.92006HD

    An attempt to transform a Roman Western into a Greek tragedy.

    Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine
  • 2020
    Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years

    Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years

    Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years

    5.22020HD

    This historical and analytical documentary draws attention to the background of the roots of "New Austrian Cinema" and presents Austria as a film...

    Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years
  • 2021
    Train Again

    Train Again

    Train Again

    6.12021HD

    Peter Tscherkassky condenses the long history of railways in the movies into a rousing blast for the senses in a heartfelt tribute to another legend...

    Train Again
  • 2003
    Experiments in Terror

    Experiments in Terror

    Experiments in Terror

    02003HD

    A collection of short experimental horror films, some well-known, some not.

    Experiments in Terror
  • 1988
    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 2

    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 2

    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 2

    01988HD

    On the 28th of October 1884 Daniel Paul Schreber, candidate of the National Liberal Party in Chemnitz, suffered a heavy defeat at the elections of...

    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 2
  • 2006
    The Mozart Minute

    The Mozart Minute

    The Mozart Minute

    52006HD

    Twenty-eight well-known filmmakers living and working in Austria were invited by WIENER MOZARTJAHR 2006, to produce associative miniatures on Mozart....

    The Mozart Minute
  • 2010
    Coming Attractions

    Coming Attractions

    Coming Attractions

    6.22010HD

    A film woven around the idea that between early cinema and avant-garde film exists a connection.

    Coming Attractions
  • 2012
    Happy-End

    Happy-End

    Happy-End

    62012HD

    A found footage film about rituals, festive occasions and a married couple in a seeming frenzy of cosy togetherness. We see the pair pouring drinks,...

    Happy-End
  • 1983
    Holiday Film

    Holiday Film

    Holiday Film

    6.31983HD

    A woman on a meadow, strolling around, narcisstically involved, wandering. Now and again one can see her breasts through her half-opened shirt. The...

    Holiday Film
  • 1994
    Parallel Space: Inter-View

    Parallel Space: Inter-View

    Parallel Space: Inter-View

    6.71994HD

    Parallel Space: Inter-View is made with a photo camera. A miniature photo is exactly the size of two film frames. Optically it resembles a flickering...

    Parallel Space: Inter-View
  • 1989
    Tabula Rasa

    Tabula Rasa

    Tabula Rasa

    51989HD

    The target of Tabula Rasa is the heart of cinema. Voyeuristic desire as the pre-condition for all cinema pleasure is at stake here. What Christian...

    Tabula Rasa
  • 2006
    Nocturne

    Nocturne

    Nocturne

    6.72006HD

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, according to his biographers (and his letters confirm this fact), was an extremely sensuous person, and Nachtstück...

    Nocturne