Directing

Volker Schlecht

Known for

Directing

Credits

8 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Kaputt poster
6.3

An animated documentary short about the central prison for women in the former GDR, based on interviews with former prisoners.

Kaputt

2016

The Waiting poster
7.5

A biologist describes her research into various species of frogs in the rainforest of Central America and their mysterious disappearance as if it were a criminal case. Brilliantly animated drawings accompany her vivid scientific analysis.

The Waiting

2023

Germania Wurst poster
NR

A rapid rundown of German or rather Germanic »national history« -starting with the ancient Roman empire and ending with the German»reunification« and the present day. A sausage hereby is a time line, a connecting element between the scenes and also an ironic national symbol.

Germania Wurst

2008

Germania Wurst poster
NR

A rapid rundown of German or rather Germanic »national history« -starting with the ancient Roman empire and ending with the German»reunification« and the present day. A sausage hereby is a time line, a connecting element between the scenes and also an ironic national symbol.

Germania Wurst

2008

Sonst Nichts poster
9.0

The story (or: the non-story) is focusing on small, unconscious gestures during a moment of non-communication on a train.

Sonst Nichts

2001

Pink Street poster
NR

A satirical sketch about the different rhythms, intensities and body languages of walking people and an experiment of characterization through movement, while telling a short story about the absurdity of life and about the limitations of our worldview.

Pink Street

1997

No artwork available
NR

A film about the ancient Greco-Roman influences on early Christianity. An animated meditation on iconography and on the history of religion, art and architecture, accompanied by the sacred music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Transforming Gods

2014

No artwork available
NR

A film about the ancient Greco-Roman influences on early Christianity. An animated meditation on iconography and on the history of religion, art and architecture, accompanied by the sacred music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Transforming Gods

2014