Walking to Paris

Eisenstein in Guanajuato

In 1931, following the success of the film Battleship Potemkin, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, to shoot a new film. Freshly rejected by Hollywood, Eisenstein soon falls under Mexico’s spell. Chaperoned by his guide Palomino Cañedo, the director opens up to his suppressed fears as he embraces a new world of sensual pleasures and possibilities that will shape the future of his art.

Goltzius & the Pelican Company

Goltzius and the Pelican Company tells the story of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints. A contemporary of Rembrandt and, indeed, more celebrated during his life, Goltzius seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books. In return, he promises him an extraordinary book of pictures of illustrating the Old Testament’s biblical stories. Erotic tales of Lot and his daughters, David and Bathsheba, ...

Nightwatching – Das Rembrandt-Komplott

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea

The Tulse Luper Suitcases reconstructs the life of Tulse Luper, a professional writer and project-maker, caught up in a life of prisons. He was born in 1911 in Newport, South Wales and presumably last heard of in 1989. His life is reconstructed from the evidence of 92 suitcases found around the world - 92 being the atomic number of the element Uranium. The project includes three feature films, a TV series, 92 DVDs, CD-ROMs, and books.

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

The Tulse Luper Suitcases reconstructs the life of Tulse Luper, a professional writer and project-maker, caught up in a life of prisons. He was born in 1911 in Newport, South Wales and presumably last heard of in 1989. His life is reconstructed from the evidence of 92 suitcases found around the world - 92 being the atomic number of the element Uranium. The project includes three feature films, a TV series, 92 DVDs, CD-ROMs, and books.

8 ½ Women

After the death of his wife, wealthy businessman Philip Emmenthal and his son Storey open their own private harem in their family residence in Geneva (they get the idea while watching Federico Fellini's 8½ and after Storey is "given" a woman, Simato (Inoh), to waive her pachinko debts). They sign one-year contracts with eight (and a half) women to this effect. The women each have a gimmick (one is a nun, another a kabuki performer, etc.). Philip soon becomes dominated by his favourite of ...

Die Bettlektüre

Nagiko ist die Tochter eines Kalligraphen. Als sie sechs Jahre alt war, schloss der Vater mit seinem Verleger eine Vereinbarung zur Verheiratung Nagikos mit einem damals Zehnjährigen. Einige Jahre später kommt es zur Hochzeit, doch der Ehemann erweist sich als Verächter von Literatur und Kalligraphie. Nagiko verlässt ihn und zieht nach Hongkong.

Lumière and Company

40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes. The results run the gamut from Zhang Yimou's convention-thwarting joke to David Lynch's bizarre miniature epic.

The Baby of Mâcon

Set halfway through the 17th century, Greenaway's film follows a church play performed for the benefit of the young aristocrat Cosimo (Lacey). In the play, a grotesque old woman gives birth to a beautiful baby boy. The child's older sister (Ormond) is quick to exploit the situation, selling blessings from the baby, and even claiming she's the true mother by virgin birth. However, when she attempts to seduce the bishop's son (Fiennes), the Church exacts a terrible revenge.

Prosperos Bücher

Greenaways Adaption von Shakespeares "Sturm" ist ein orgiastisches Fest für die Sinne. Sämtliche Rollen werden vom großen Shakespeare-Interpreten John Gielgud gesprochen, die Musik stammt von Michael Nyman.

Der Koch, der Dieb, seine Frau und ihr Liebhaber

In diesem Restaurant ist praktisch alles essbar, wenn auch nicht unbedingt genießbar! Dieser Film ist eine grelle Liebesgeschichte, die sich in der Küche und im Speiseraum eines gepflegten Restaurants abspielt. Der Film erzählt von 10 Tagen des Essens – nicht nur von den Lebensmitteln. Richard, der Koch und Inhaber ist kulinarischer Perfektionist. Sein bester Kunde , Albert, der Gangster, terrorisiert mit seiner Bande das Personal. Bis sich seine Frau in den Mann vom Nebentisch verliebt und ...

Drowning by Numbers

An ironic black comedy of love and death that takes place an a lyrically beautiful landscape. Three related women, all named Cissie Colpitts share a solidarity for one another which brings about three copy-cat drownings. The local coroner is in love with all three women and helps to disguise the murders.

The Belly of an Architect

The American architect Kracklite arrives in Italy, supervising an exhibiton for a French architect, Boullée, famous for his oval structures. Tirelessly dedicated to the project, Kracklite's marriage quickly dissolves along with his health.

Ein Z und zwei Nullen

Nachdem ihre Frauen durch einen bizarren Autounfall getötet wurden, machen sich die Zwillingsbrüder Oliver und Oswald daran, die Evolutionsgeschichte auf die Ursachen von Verfall und Tod zu untersuchen. Dabei analysieren die beiden Zoologen sämtliche Lebewesen von Bakterien bis hin zu Säugetieren. Schließlich wollen sie die im Zeitraffer festgehaltenen Verfallsexperimente mit ihren eigenen Leichen komplettieren.

Der Kontrakt des Zeichners

England, 1694: Der ehrgeizige Landschaftsmaler Neville wird engagiert, um den Landsitz der adeligen Herberts in Südengland auf zwölf Bildern zu verewigen. Er lässt einen dreisten Vertrag für seine Dienste aufsetzen, der ihm auch diverse erotische Gefälligkeiten von Mrs. Herbert zusichert. Doch dann wird Neville in einen Mordfall verwickelt und findet sich im Zentrum eines gefährlichen Intrigenspiels wieder. In seinem ersten Spielfilm gelang Peter Greenaway mit prachtvollen Bildern und der ...