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Thomas Mauch
Born
1937-04-04 (89)
Place of birth
Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany
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22 titles
Thomas Mauch is a German cinematographer, screenwriter, film director, and producer.
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German Film Award
1951
7.6With exclusive behind-the-scenes access into Herzog’s everyday life, rare archive material and in-depth interviews with celebrated collaborators – including Christian Bale, Nicole Kidman, and Robert Pattinson, we are given an exciting glimpse into the work and personal life of the iconic artist.
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022
7.4A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and the actor, and their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another.
My Best Fiend
1999
7.6The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.
Burden of Dreams
1982
It was the biggest escape in the history of the Berlin Wall: in one historic night of October 1964, 57 East-Berliners try their luck through a tunnel into West Berlin. Just before the last few reach the other side, the East German border guards notice the escape and open fire. Remarkably, all the refugees and their escape agents make it out of the tunnel unscathed, but one border guard is dead: 21-year-old officer Egon Schultz.
A Hero's Death
2001
8.0Interview film with German director Werner Herzog revisiting the films he made up to ca. 1977.
I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog
1979
Film credits
1980s · 3 titles
7.6The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.
Burden of Dreams
1982
7.1An autobiographical short film by Werner Herzog made in 1986. Herzog tells stories about his life and career. The film contains excerpts and commentary on several Herzog films, including Signs of Life, Heart of Glass, Fata Morgana, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, Fitzcarraldo, and the Les Blank documentary Burden of Dreams. Notable is footage of a conversation between Herzog and his mentor Lotte Eisner, a photographer. In another section, he talks with mountaineer Reinhold Messner, in which they discuss a potential film project in the Himalayas to star Klaus Kinski.
Portrait: Werner Herzog
1986
7.0Making-of documentary that covers "Cobra Verde," Herzog's last film with Kinski before Kinski's death. This is the documentary that registers the behind the scenes moments of "Cobra Verde", the last project that united director Werner Herzog to actor Klaus Kinski. The notorious and infamous relation between the two filled Cinema theatres with masterpieces, but also filled pages of Cinema History with mutual declarations of both love and hate.
Location Africa
1987
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Behind the camera
4.8In the summer of 1967, journalist Katharina is visited in Munich by her French friend Anne. They take day trips and visit cafés, acquaintances, and parties. In a series of conversations between them and other women, they talk about the chances for female emancipation in a male-dominated society.
The Cat Has Nine Lives
1968
9.0Poetic documentary about the deconstruction of a railroad track in South Germany.
Zug
1990
Alexander spends christmas with his mother but this year he gets a new perspective on the traditions.
Tod eines Vaters
1978
Alexander spends christmas with his mother but this year he gets a new perspective on the traditions.
Tod eines Vaters
1978
Alexander spends christmas with his mother but this year he gets a new perspective on the traditions.
Tod eines Vaters
1978
5.5An impoverished young man from Sicily travels to Wolfsburg, West Germany to find work. He takes a job in the Volkswagen factory after he travels through Northern Italy by train.
Palermo or Wolfsburg
1980
NR“The Bella Vista” is the story of a house started as a football club, becoming a successful transvestite brothel and changes at last to a Catholic Chapel, all in a small conservative village in Uruguay. In this playful documentary, two transvestites, one brothel’s Madam and a gaucho football player, will bring to life this battle for control of a single physical space, driven by the same motivation: passion.
The Bella Vista
2012
9.0Katja Junge plays the title role in this West German romantic drama, directed by noted cinematographer Thomas Mauch. Maria is just as girl who can't say "Nein," thus she goes through several lovers before the plot proper gets underway. When Maria finally falls in love for real, it is with repressed astronomer Robert Duessler. Afraid to make physical contact, Duessler prefers to gaze at Maria from a distance through his telescope. Not surprisingly, the film's title translates to Mary of the Stars.
Maria von den Sternen
1989
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Strafprotokoll aller und jeder...
1976
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Strafprotokoll aller und jeder...
1976
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Strafprotokoll aller und jeder...
1976
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Eine antiautoritäre Frau?
1970
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Eine antiautoritäre Frau?
1970
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Eine antiautoritäre Frau?
1970