Andres Veiel

Directing

Andres Veiel

Born

1959-10-16 (66)

Place of birth

Stuttgart, Germany

Known for

Directing

Credits

29 titles

Andres Veiel (German: [ˈandʁəs ˈfaɪəl]; born 16 October 1959) is a German film and theater director and writer.

Known for

Series credits

Behind the camera

Riefenstahl poster
7.2

Explores Leni Riefenstahl's artistic legacy and her complex ties to the Nazi regime, juxtaposing her self-portrayal with evidence suggesting awareness of the regime's atrocities.

Riefenstahl

2024

Riefenstahl poster
7.2

Explores Leni Riefenstahl's artistic legacy and her complex ties to the Nazi regime, juxtaposing her self-portrayal with evidence suggesting awareness of the regime's atrocities.

Riefenstahl

2024

Beuys poster
6.6

A documentary about the 20th century German sculptor and performance artist Joseph Beuys.

Beuys

2017

Beuys poster
6.6

A documentary about the 20th century German sculptor and performance artist Joseph Beuys.

Beuys

2017

If Not Us, Who? poster
5.6

In the early 60s, Bernward Vesper and fellow university student Gudrun Ensslin begin a passionate love in the stifling atmosphere of provincial West Germany. Dedicated to the power of the written word, Bernward and Gudrun found a publishing house whose first publication is, paradoxically to many, a controversial past work of Bernward's ostracized father, an infamous Nazi author. Bernward defends his father's writing ability, even if he is haunted by his father's suspicious past.

If Not Us, Who?

2011

If Not Us, Who? poster
5.6

In the early 60s, Bernward Vesper and fellow university student Gudrun Ensslin begin a passionate love in the stifling atmosphere of provincial West Germany. Dedicated to the power of the written word, Bernward and Gudrun found a publishing house whose first publication is, paradoxically to many, a controversial past work of Bernward's ostracized father, an infamous Nazi author. Bernward defends his father's writing ability, even if he is haunted by his father's suspicious past.

If Not Us, Who?

2011

The Kick poster
6.6

The neo-Nazi brothers Marco and Marcel Schönfeld from Potzlow have their sights set on the 16-year-old Marinus Schöberl, who stutters. They consider Marinus to be a so-called "subhuman".

The Kick

2006

The Survivors poster
5.3

Three suicides leave long-lasting gaps among a group of classmates, many years after their graduation. Director and former classmate Andres Veiel organizes a reunion in search of clues. Despite huge differences in their personalities, the course their lives took and how each died, the three young men are indicative of life in a southwestern German small town in the 1980s. Pressure and career expectations from parents clash with adolescent desire for creative or sexual fulfillment. Even years later, the unspoken reflects the unspeakable that plagues the bereaved.

The Survivors

1996

The Survivors poster
5.3

Three suicides leave long-lasting gaps among a group of classmates, many years after their graduation. Director and former classmate Andres Veiel organizes a reunion in search of clues. Despite huge differences in their personalities, the course their lives took and how each died, the three young men are indicative of life in a southwestern German small town in the 1980s. Pressure and career expectations from parents clash with adolescent desire for creative or sexual fulfillment. Even years later, the unspoken reflects the unspeakable that plagues the bereaved.

The Survivors

1996

Black Box BRD poster
6.3

Black Box BRD steps back into German history, showing the Federal Republic of Germany of the 70s and 80s. The country is polarized due to the power struggle of the German state and the "Red Army Faction". Society is torn, the fronts are irreconcilable. The life stories of both Wolfgang Grams and Alfred Herrhausen are tragically linked to this era. Grams is the one who takes up arms for moral rigor; Herrhausen however seizes power and dies when powerful.

Black Box BRD

2001

Black Box BRD poster
6.3

Black Box BRD steps back into German history, showing the Federal Republic of Germany of the 70s and 80s. The country is polarized due to the power struggle of the German state and the "Red Army Faction". Society is torn, the fronts are irreconcilable. The life stories of both Wolfgang Grams and Alfred Herrhausen are tragically linked to this era. Grams is the one who takes up arms for moral rigor; Herrhausen however seizes power and dies when powerful.

Black Box BRD

2001

Ökozid poster
5.5

The consequences of the climate catastrophe are dramatic in 2034. Drought and floods destroy the livelihoods of millions of people. After the third storm tide in a row, the headquarters of the International Court of Justice in The Hague was evacuated. In a provisional interim building in Berlin, the climate catastrophe becomes the subject of legal proceedings. Two lawyers represent 31 countries of the global South, which are doomed to destruction without the support of the international community.

Ökozid

2020

Ökozid poster
5.5

The consequences of the climate catastrophe are dramatic in 2034. Drought and floods destroy the livelihoods of millions of people. After the third storm tide in a row, the headquarters of the International Court of Justice in The Hague was evacuated. In a provisional interim building in Berlin, the climate catastrophe becomes the subject of legal proceedings. Two lawyers represent 31 countries of the global South, which are doomed to destruction without the support of the international community.

Ökozid

2020

Balagan poster
8.0

Documentary about a Jewish-Palestinian theater group in Israel.

Balagan

1994

Balagan poster
8.0

Documentary about a Jewish-Palestinian theater group in Israel.

Balagan

1994

24 Hours Berlin poster
9.0

24-hour television documentary about Berlin and its inhabitants, reporting in real time on the everyday lives of more than 50 protagonists from a wide range of professions, social classes, religions and ethnicities.

24 Hours Berlin

2009

Addicted to Acting poster
6.8

The Ernst Busch Academy is one of Germany's best respected acting schools, and every year hundreds of would-be thespians apply in hopes that they'll be chosen for their rigorous program of study. Filmmaker Andres Veiel chose four students at random as they were accepted at the Busch Academy, and in the documentary Die Spielwuetigen, he allows us to eavesdrop on them as they spend four years learning their craft and growing from callow youngsters to adults in search of their big break.

Addicted to Acting

2004

Addicted to Acting poster
6.8

The Ernst Busch Academy is one of Germany's best respected acting schools, and every year hundreds of would-be thespians apply in hopes that they'll be chosen for their rigorous program of study. Filmmaker Andres Veiel chose four students at random as they were accepted at the Busch Academy, and in the documentary Die Spielwuetigen, he allows us to eavesdrop on them as they spend four years learning their craft and growing from callow youngsters to adults in search of their big break.

Addicted to Acting

2004

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Drei von Tausend - Wer schafft die Schauspielprüfung?

1999

А Winter's Night Dream poster
9.0

Andres Veiel's first documentary film, which resulted from his theatrical work with a group of senior actresses. The documentary focuses on Inka Köhler-Rechnitz who was offered a theatre engagement in Görlitz after graduating from acting school in the 1920s, but her husband would not let her pursue her career. Sixty years later, after fearing for her life as a half-Jew during the Nazi years and bringing up her children, she can finally appear on stage. This film is about holding on to your dreams and refusing to let age get in the way.

А Winter's Night Dream

1992

А Winter's Night Dream poster
9.0

Andres Veiel's first documentary film, which resulted from his theatrical work with a group of senior actresses. The documentary focuses on Inka Köhler-Rechnitz who was offered a theatre engagement in Görlitz after graduating from acting school in the 1920s, but her husband would not let her pursue her career. Sixty years later, after fearing for her life as a half-Jew during the Nazi years and bringing up her children, she can finally appear on stage. This film is about holding on to your dreams and refusing to let age get in the way.

А Winter's Night Dream

1992