Danièle Huillet Movies
- 1971
Othon
Othon5.51971HD
Straub-Huillet’s first color film, adapts a lesser-known Corneille tragedy from 1664, which in turn was based on an episode of imperial court...
- 1999
Sicily!
Sicily!6.51999HD
A man returns to visit his native Sicily after living in New York for a long time. He learns about the Sicilian way of life from stylized...
- 1968
Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach
Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach6.21968HD
The life and music of Johann Sebastian Bach as presented by his wife, Anna.
- 1978
Cinématon
Cinématon4.31978HD
Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011....
- 1982
Too Early / Too Late
Too Early / Too Late6.61982HD
Inspired by a letter by Friedrich Engels and a 1974 account of two militant Marxist writers who had been imprisoned by the Nasser regime,...
- 1984
Class Relations
Class Relations6.81984HD
A young man, recently arrived in New York from Europe, becomes swept up in a series of events that are beyond his knowledge or control.
- 1975
Moses and Aaron
Moses and Aaron5.81975HD
A familiar Biblical tale transformed into a cinematic opera of seemingly endless possibility. In expressive, melodic tones, the fraternal pair debate...
- 1965
Not Reconciled
Not Reconciled61965HD
A story about the continuity and collapse of history, the power of suppression, and the terror of reconciliation; loyalty, treason and revenge. In a...
- 1983
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika6.11983HD
This film is at once a self-portrait and an homage to Jean-Marie Straub, Farocki's role model and former teacher at the Film Academy.
- 2001
Workers, Peasants
Workers, Peasants42001HD
A group of men and women have been brought together after World War II, when Italy regained its national and territorial unity. They make up a...
- 1979
From the Clouds to the Resistance
From the Clouds to the Resistance5.21979HD
'Dalla nube alla resistenza (From the Cloud to the Resistance ) (1978), based on two works by Cesare Pavese, falls into the category of History...
- 1968
The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp
The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp4.61968HD
Three sequences are linked together in this short film by Straub; the first sequence is a long tracking shot from a car of prostitutes plying their...
- 1995
The Enclosed Valley
The Enclosed Valley7.21995HD
My films are like that: in a room, but looking out onto an open sky. [...] I can’t really say it except to repeat that Bresson note,...
- 1963
Machorka-Muff
Machorka-Muff5.91963HD
A satirical attack on West Germany's re-armament and revival of militaristic tradition in the Adenauer era.
- 1968
Jane erschießt John, weil er sie mit Ann betrügt
Jane erschießt John, weil er sie mit Ann betrügt01968HD
John cheats on Jane with Ann. He claims Jane doesn't care about love, and is wrong: in the end Jane shoots John.
- 2003
Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?
Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?7.12003HD
Undaunted by a commission to make a film about his mentors and aesthetic exemplars, the filmmaking team of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle...
- 2001
6 Bagatelas
6 Bagatelas6.22001HD
Six unused scenes from Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie? One of the more priceless of the “bagatelles” in this collection features a...
- 2023
The Last Days of Humanity
The Last Days of Humanity7.42023HD
The panorama of human affairs encounters the “man with a movie camera”. His playground has no boundaries, his curiosity no limits....
- 1992
Antigone
Antigone5.91992HD
A fearless Antigone, refusing to allow the dishonored body of her murdered brother Polynices to be devoured by vultures and dogs, defies the Thebian...
- 1984
How Merrily I Shall Laugh: Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub on Their Film Class Relations
How Merrily I Shall Laugh: Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub on Their Film Class Relations6.51984HD
Filmmaker Manfred Blank (director of the excellent Pharos of Chaos) interviews Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub at some length about...