Jörg Buttgereit

Directing

Jörg Buttgereit

Born 1963-12-20 · Berlin, Germany

Jörg Buttgereit (born 20 December 1963) is a German writer/director known for his controversial films. He was born in Berlin and has lived there his entire life. He is best known for his horror films Nekromantik (1987), Der Todesking (1990), Nekromantik 2 (1991) and Schramm (1993).

Acting credits

Nekromantik poster
5.1

An employee of Joe's Streetcleaning Agency, a company that cleans up after grisly accidents, Rob brings home an entire decomposing corpse, much to the delight of his girlfriend, Betty.

Nekromantik

1988

Nekromantik 2 poster
5.2

Monika lives with Rob, a corpse she loves. Her dilemma intensifies when she meets Mark and considers a normal life with him. She must choose between her affection for Rob and a new relationship.

Nekromantik 2

1991

The Death King poster
6.3

Seven episodes, each taking place on a different day of the week, on the theme of suicide and violent death.

The Death King

1990

German Angst poster
5.3

Horror anthology consisting of three episodes directed by Jörg Buttgereit, Andreas Marschall and Michal Kosakowski.

German Angst

2015

Blutige Exzesse im Führerbunker poster
6.3

Early no budget experimental Super-8 short film made by Buttgereit in just one day in 1982. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler has survived the war, holed up in his bunker. There, he re-created his former wife Eva Braun as a Frankenstein monster, along with a “Germanic breeding bull”(played by Buttgereit). With the help of these Nazi-zombies, he wants to take over the world again. But as soon as the monsters awake, they tear their maker to shreds. Much fun and gory effects!

Blutige Exzesse im Führerbunker

1982

VHS Revolution poster
6.3

Using testimonies by pioneers and witnesses of the times, delve into the feverish visual culture the media generated – with far-fetched examples of canine television games, seduction manuals, aerobics class while holding a baby, among others.

VHS Revolution

2017

B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 poster
7.7

The wild West Berlin of the 1980s became the creative melting pot of pop subcultures: music, art and chaos. Before the Iron Curtain fell, anything and everything seemed possible.

B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989

2015

Hot Love poster
5.1

A guy is in love with a girl. He sees her one day with another guy, freaks out, commits suicide, and then she has a baby.

Hot Love

1985

Wilde Jahre West-Berlin poster
NR

Tv documentary by Margarete Kreuzer about the sub-culture of West-Berlin in the 1980s. The unique political and geographical status of West-Berlin in the cold war lead to a unique scene of artists reflecting the Zeitgeist and creating profound work that is now a part of history. A lot of historical footage is used and interesting anecdotes are shared. For example the story of creating the famous Die Dominas project involving Kraftwerk.

Wilde Jahre West-Berlin

2015

A Journey Into Bliss poster
5.8

The film deals loosely with the adventures of the grizzled Gustav who captains a ship – a giant floating ‘snailboat’ – with a crew of talking animals and lumbering sailors in blackface. It unspools like a perverse children’s story book, all at once cuddly cute, grotesquely obscene and beyond absurd as normal narrative logic shatters, giving way to an episodic, free-associative structure that one critic likened to “cinematic memory association.” (joergbuttgereit.com)

A Journey Into Bliss

2004

In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 poster
7.0

In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 celebrates and explores the movies that defined the era: from Scream’s genre-shattering impact to J-Horror’s global emergence, from mind-bending twists to Y2K apocalyptic dread, and from blockbuster hits to straight-to-video gems.

In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999

2025

No artwork available
NR

Klaus Beyer turned 70 and celebrated with an open-air concert in the Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin. Georg Maas, Matl Findel, Sabine Herpich and Stephan Kruhl filmed and Frank Behnke edited the first Beyer live concert film. He not only performed his hits, but also received musical gifts from his friends.

Wenn Ich 70 Bin

2022

ABCs of Superheroes poster
4.4

ABCs of Superheroes brings you not only one or two or five, but no less than twenty-six of the most heroic and outrageous Superheroes and Supervillains of all time. From the Almighty Ape to the fabulous Zee-Men, this anthology feature film will have you laughing and screaming for more. The ultimate experience in Superpower!

ABCs of Superheroes

2015

No artwork available
6.2

A short documentary about Jörg Buttgereit's father.

Mein Papi

1995

Solvent poster
4.8

While searching for Nazi documents in an Austrian farmhouse, a team of experts uncovers a hidden secret buried in its bowels. American expatriate Gunner S. Holbrook becomes obsessed with solving the mystery, and as his sanity wanes, he must confront an insatiable evil.

Solvent

2024

Celluloid Horror poster
7.4

Celluloid Horror explores Kier-La Janisse's tireless crusade to bring obscure cult horror film to the masses through her independently run international film festival.

Celluloid Horror

2004

Der Vorführ-Effekt poster
7.0

Documentary about film projectionists.

Der Vorführ-Effekt

2001

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994 poster
7.9

Film icons and genre experts share observations, experiences, and analysis to help reframe, deconstruct, and re-contextualize the "lost" decade of horror: the '90s.

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994

2024

Berlin Super 80 poster
6.0

Berlin Super 80 is a compilation of 18 short movies shot in Super 8 by West German experimental film makers during the late 1970s/early 80s. Featuring music by Malaria, Reflections, Einstürzende Neubauten, Frieder Butzmann and Die Tödliche Doris.

Berlin Super 80

2005

Der Gollob poster
4.3

Jörg Buttgereit short film.

Der Gollob

1983

No artwork available
2.0

The dwarf Ogar lived alone and abandoned. He lived in a small, cramped cave and fed on garbage. One day, a prince rode by and wanted to free Ogar from his fate.

Ogar - the Ugly

1981

Must Love Death poster
3.9

Disappointed by love, suicidal Norman arranges to meet some like-minded people. But when he arrives at the meeting the alleged suicides turn out to be unscrupulous killers looking for a willing victim. A comical and macabre fight against death begins.

Must Love Death

2009

No artwork available
7.0

A documentary about the German band "Mutter".

Wir waren niemals hier

2005

The Making of 'Nekromantik 2' poster
NR

Behind the scenes of Jörg Buttgereit's Nekromantik 2.

The Making of 'Nekromantik 2'

1992

Behind the camera

Nekromantik poster
5.1

An employee of Joe's Streetcleaning Agency, a company that cleans up after grisly accidents, Rob brings home an entire decomposing corpse, much to the delight of his girlfriend, Betty.

Nekromantik

1988

Nekromantik poster
5.1

An employee of Joe's Streetcleaning Agency, a company that cleans up after grisly accidents, Rob brings home an entire decomposing corpse, much to the delight of his girlfriend, Betty.

Nekromantik

1988

Nekromantik poster
5.1

An employee of Joe's Streetcleaning Agency, a company that cleans up after grisly accidents, Rob brings home an entire decomposing corpse, much to the delight of his girlfriend, Betty.

Nekromantik

1988

Nekromantik 2 poster
5.2

Monika lives with Rob, a corpse she loves. Her dilemma intensifies when she meets Mark and considers a normal life with him. She must choose between her affection for Rob and a new relationship.

Nekromantik 2

1991

Nekromantik 2 poster
5.2

Monika lives with Rob, a corpse she loves. Her dilemma intensifies when she meets Mark and considers a normal life with him. She must choose between her affection for Rob and a new relationship.

Nekromantik 2

1991

The Death King poster
6.3

Seven episodes, each taking place on a different day of the week, on the theme of suicide and violent death.

The Death King

1990

The Death King poster
6.3

Seven episodes, each taking place on a different day of the week, on the theme of suicide and violent death.

The Death King

1990

Such Was the S.O. 36 poster
6.0

A documentary about the now abandoned and very influential punk club S.O.36. A punk music club on Oranienstrasse near Heinrichplatz in the area of Kreuzberg in Berlin, Germany.

Such Was the S.O. 36

1984

German Angst poster
5.3

Horror anthology consisting of three episodes directed by Jörg Buttgereit, Andreas Marschall and Michal Kosakowski.

German Angst

2015

German Angst poster
5.3

Horror anthology consisting of three episodes directed by Jörg Buttgereit, Andreas Marschall and Michal Kosakowski.

German Angst

2015

Schramm poster
5.8

Lothar Schramm is a simple man with complex problems, yet he seems like such a nice guy. He works as a taxi driver and lives by himself where he is happy to answer his door to strangers and kill them outright. As with many shy loner types he has a problem dealing with women so he drugs them and photographs their nude bodies for sexual stimulation. He then murders his helpless victims and so goes the life of a deranged serial killer.

Schramm

1993

Schramm poster
5.8

Lothar Schramm is a simple man with complex problems, yet he seems like such a nice guy. He works as a taxi driver and lives by himself where he is happy to answer his door to strangers and kill them outright. As with many shy loner types he has a problem dealing with women so he drugs them and photographs their nude bodies for sexual stimulation. He then murders his helpless victims and so goes the life of a deranged serial killer.

Schramm

1993

Schramm poster
5.8

Lothar Schramm is a simple man with complex problems, yet he seems like such a nice guy. He works as a taxi driver and lives by himself where he is happy to answer his door to strangers and kill them outright. As with many shy loner types he has a problem dealing with women so he drugs them and photographs their nude bodies for sexual stimulation. He then murders his helpless victims and so goes the life of a deranged serial killer.

Schramm

1993

Blutige Exzesse im Führerbunker poster
6.3

Early no budget experimental Super-8 short film made by Buttgereit in just one day in 1982. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler has survived the war, holed up in his bunker. There, he re-created his former wife Eva Braun as a Frankenstein monster, along with a “Germanic breeding bull”(played by Buttgereit). With the help of these Nazi-zombies, he wants to take over the world again. But as soon as the monsters awake, they tear their maker to shreds. Much fun and gory effects!

Blutige Exzesse im Führerbunker

1982

Blutige Exzesse im Führerbunker poster
6.3

Early no budget experimental Super-8 short film made by Buttgereit in just one day in 1982. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler has survived the war, holed up in his bunker. There, he re-created his former wife Eva Braun as a Frankenstein monster, along with a “Germanic breeding bull”(played by Buttgereit). With the help of these Nazi-zombies, he wants to take over the world again. But as soon as the monsters awake, they tear their maker to shreds. Much fun and gory effects!

Blutige Exzesse im Führerbunker

1982

Hot Love poster
5.1

A guy is in love with a girl. He sees her one day with another guy, freaks out, commits suicide, and then she has a baby.

Hot Love

1985

Hot Love poster
5.1

A guy is in love with a girl. He sees her one day with another guy, freaks out, commits suicide, and then she has a baby.

Hot Love

1985

No artwork available
6.2

A short documentary about Jörg Buttgereit's father.

Mein Papi

1995

Monsterland poster
6.5

A journey through time and history of diverse monster types, from the latex monster in devastated postwar Japan to aliens and serial murderers.

Monsterland

2009

Monsterland poster
6.5

A journey through time and history of diverse monster types, from the latex monster in devastated postwar Japan to aliens and serial murderers.

Monsterland

2009

Der Trend poster
NR

Jörg Buttgereit short film.

Der Trend

1982

Berlin Super 80 poster
6.0

Berlin Super 80 is a compilation of 18 short movies shot in Super 8 by West German experimental film makers during the late 1970s/early 80s. Featuring music by Malaria, Reflections, Einstürzende Neubauten, Frieder Butzmann and Die Tödliche Doris.

Berlin Super 80

2005

Der Gollob poster
4.3

Jörg Buttgereit short film.

Der Gollob

1983

No artwork available
2.0

The dwarf Ogar lived alone and abandoned. He lived in a small, cramped cave and fed on garbage. One day, a prince rode by and wanted to free Ogar from his fate.

Ogar - the Ugly

1981