Helke Sander Movies

  • 1977
    Invisible Adversaries

    Invisible Adversaries

    Invisible Adversaries

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    Anna, an artist, is obsessed with the invasion of alien doubles bent on total destruction. Her schizophrenia is reflected in the juxtapositions of...

    Invisible Adversaries
  • 1966
    Anmass - Mass

    Anmass - Mass

    Anmass - Mass

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

    Anmass - Mass
  • 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
  • 1969
    The Inextinguishable Fire

    The Inextinguishable Fire

    The Inextinguishable Fire

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    An austere treatise on the military-industrial complex that produces napalm.

    The Inextinguishable Fire
  • 2005
    Hannelore Mabry – Ein Porträt

    Hannelore Mabry – Ein Porträt

    Hannelore Mabry – Ein Porträt

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    Hannelore Mabry – Ein Porträt
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1990
    The Germans and Their Men

    The Germans and Their Men

    The Germans and Their Men

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    A documentary with fictious elements. Ms. Elisabeth (Lieschen) Müller from Austria comes to Bonn, Germany to find herself a man. During the...

    The Germans and Their Men
  • 1967
    Silvo

    Silvo

    Silvo

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

    Silvo
  • 2001
    Dorf

    Dorf

    Dorf

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    A woman from a big city moves to a small village near the former border zone between East and West Germany. What is she looking for? What will she...

    Dorf
  • 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?
  • 2005
    Mitten im Malestream

    Mitten im Malestream

    Mitten im Malestream

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    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1970
    Völlerei? Füttern!

    Völlerei? Füttern!

    Völlerei? Füttern!

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    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!