Herbert Achternbusch Movies

  • 1974
    The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

    The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

    The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

    7.31974HD

    The film follows Kaspar Hauser (Bruno S.), who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy...

    The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
  • 1976
    Heart of Glass

    Heart of Glass

    Heart of Glass

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    A small Bavarian village is renowned for its "Ruby Glass" glass blowing works. When the foreman of the works dies suddenly without revealing the...

    Heart of Glass
  • 1977
    Beer Chase

    Beer Chase

    Beer Chase

    5.81977HD

    A man who is dissatisfied with his senseless existence in his family-life and social status steals the uniform of a policeman and then enters the...

    Beer Chase
  • 1995
    Hades

    Hades

    Hades

    01995HD

    This German political drama from iconoclastic filmmaker Herbert Achternbusch takes a slightly askew look at neo-Nazis and the Holocaust. His...

    Hades
  • 1982
    The Ghost

    The Ghost

    The Ghost

    6.31982HD

    Jesus returns to present-day Bavaria, walks around Munich in a somewhat dazed manner and strikes up an affair with a nun, arguing that they are...

    The Ghost
  • 1997
    Picasso in Munich

    Picasso in Munich

    Picasso in Munich

    01997HD

    In this surrealist film director Picasso can awaken from the dead. He steals a paintings painted by himself of a couple of wealthy psychiatrists....

    Picasso in Munich
  • 1986
    Heilt Hitler!

    Heilt Hitler!

    Heilt Hitler!

    5.81986HD

    Stalingrad, 1942: just as he is complaining about the "blockheads" who are in control, a German named Herbert gets hit. Fast forward forty years...

    Heilt Hitler!
  • 1981
    The Last Hole

    The Last Hole

    The Last Hole

    5.71981HD

    A comic silent film about the Holocaust.

    The Last Hole
  • 1991
    Niemandsland

    Niemandsland

    Niemandsland

    01991HD

    After Hick returns from America, he finds himself in no man's land: his station in Last Valley has been closed and Hick, the now unemployed...

    Niemandsland
  • 2008
    Bierbichler

    Bierbichler

    Bierbichler

    02008HD

    Documentary about actor Josef Bierbichler.

    Bierbichler
  • 1988
    Wohin?

    Wohin?

    Wohin?

    01988HD

    Several comedy situations are strung together for this offbeat satire. An unassuming businesswoman is discovered to be the mastermind behind a...

    Wohin?
  • 1978
    Der junge Mönch

    Der junge Mönch

    Der junge Mönch

    01978HD

    Der junge Mönch
  • 1979
    Der Komantsche

    Der Komantsche

    Der Komantsche

    01979HD

    Der Komantsche
  • 1989
    Mixwix

    Mixwix

    Mixwix

    01989HD

    Mix Wix tells the story of the owner of the Mix Wix department store, who has successfully done business with underwear and socks and even has the...

    Mixwix
  • 1977
    Bye-Bye Bavaria!

    Bye-Bye Bavaria!

    Bye-Bye Bavaria!

    21977HD

    A renowned and sensitive poet and writer is fed up with the crudenesses of his native Bavaria and, in a well-publicized move, says he refuses even to...

    Bye-Bye Bavaria!
  • 1981
    Der Neger Erwin

    Der Neger Erwin

    Der Neger Erwin

    01981HD

    A filmmaker (Achternbusch) is just released from prison and has to make a living with his craft again. He is followed by a reporter who wants an...

    Der Neger Erwin
  • 1985
    Die Föhnforscher

    Die Föhnforscher

    Die Föhnforscher

    01985HD

    The foehn researcher paints watercolors in which he documents the state of the world and records his visions of what is happening, while he berates...

    Die Föhnforscher
  • 1975
    Das Andechser Gefühl

    Das Andechser Gefühl

    Das Andechser Gefühl

    61975HD

    An anxious teacher (played, as is the lead role in all his films, by the director) sits in a beer garden on the hill of the Andechs monastery. While...

    Das Andechser Gefühl
  • 1982
    Der Depp

    Der Depp

    Der Depp

    01982HD

    Voted for in Sight & Sound's 2022 Greatest Films of all time poll.

    Der Depp
  • 1974
    Stayover in Tirol

    Stayover in Tirol

    Stayover in Tirol

    01974HD

    An adaptation of the Henry James short story Les raisons de Georgina.

    Stayover in Tirol