Michael Ballhaus Movies

An antique bed relates passionate stories about various people who have made love on it throughout the decades of the 20th century. Said folks...

A group of people from the wealthy middle class in engage in quasi intellectual quarrels and discussions trying to find some meaning in their...

Olga and Ruth become friends. Olga is independent, separated from her husband, living with an immigrant pianist, and teaching feminist literature....

A documentary about the life and work of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

The true story of Adele Spitzeder, who started her own private bank in 1870s Bavaria by promising everyone that gave her money high interest rates....

Film extras take possession of a bogus film production company and acting as ideal world of film to persuade one associates mother-in-law of marriage.

Vera Tschechowa, actress and filmmaker and a close friend of Michael Ballhaus. One of Germany's stars of cinematography, embarks on the journey...

A small carnival is in dire financial straits. Their show is attracting fewer and fewer paying customers, as their "attractions" are ageing, out of...

Anywhere in the world, 20 years from now. Underground. Watch out for the signs...

The intertwined lives of people of both Polish and German extraction who live on the pre-World War II border between the two countries are explored...

Follows a woman, Lotte, who travels through Germany and seeks human connections, but is unsuccessful as every person she encounters is locked into...

Two former lovers start a new relationship.

A commissioned work for a television series on WDR, A House for Us. FROM THE FAMILY OF REPTILES and THE ISLAND are a complete program in two...

Though he never actually worked in Hollywood, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who died in 1982 at the age of 36, was influenced greatly by Amercian studio...

A student of chinese languages tries to find a wife.

An adaptation of Tennessee Williams' "The Lady Larkspur Lotion" created by Douglas Sirk with the assistance of his film students and Rainer Werner...