Hermann Nitsch Movies

  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    6.31997HD

    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

    Birth of a Nation
  • 2006
    The Action Art of Hermann Nitsch from Past to Present

    The Action Art of Hermann Nitsch from Past to Present

    The Action Art of Hermann Nitsch from Past to Present

    02006HD

    Retrospective on Hermann Nitsch. A 4-Hour overview of his Actions from 1962-2003, as well as an interview from 2005.

    The Action Art of Hermann Nitsch from Past to Present
  • 1982
    Marmor, Stein und Eisen bricht

    Marmor, Stein und Eisen bricht

    Marmor, Stein und Eisen bricht

    01982HD

    Biopic of tragic Schlager singer Drafi Deutscher.

    Marmor, Stein und Eisen bricht
  • 1986
    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    81986HD

    A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
  • 2000
    As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    7.92000HD

    A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely...

    As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
  • 2010
    Becoming Otto

    Becoming Otto

    Becoming Otto

    02010HD

    A portrait of the Austrian avant-garde artist Otto Mühl/Muehl (1925-2013),whose work combined sex, violence, gastronomy and bodily effluence with unb...

    Becoming Otto
  • 2018
    Nitsch

    Nitsch

    Nitsch

    02018HD

    A short film by Maria Lassnig, shot in 1970.

    Nitsch
  • 2005
    Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch

    Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch

    Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch

    02005HD

    A casual, personal portrait of Hermann Nitsch, made with footage I took over the many years of our friendship. Footage includes early performances in...

    Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch
  • 1979
    Paradise Not Yet Lost

    Paradise Not Yet Lost

    Paradise Not Yet Lost

    01979HD

    The film is arranged in six chronologically-ordered parts, each filmed in a different location during Oona's third year.

    Paradise Not Yet Lost
  • 2008
    Christoph Schlingensief - Die Piloten

    Christoph Schlingensief - Die Piloten

    Christoph Schlingensief - Die Piloten

    02008HD

    Documentary satire about a project by Christoph Schlingensief: Ten years after his TV project "Talk 2000", Schlingensief started to work on a new talk...

    Christoph Schlingensief - Die Piloten
  • 2002
    Trieste

    Trieste

    Trieste

    02002HD

    Based on slides shot in 1978 of the Austrian aktion artist Hermann Nitsch. Put away for 24 years, the color transparencies are spread out on a light t...

    Trieste
  • 1977
    Documentazione Della Settimana Internazionale Della Performance

    Documentazione Della Settimana Internazionale Della Performance

    Documentazione Della Settimana Internazionale Della Performance

    01977HD

    “Before the eyes of all, at least of those present, the naked and direct exhibitions of the body take place with all its extensions; but the naked eye...

    Documentazione Della Settimana Internazionale Della Performance