Michael Ballhaus Movies

A commissioned work for a television series on WDR, A House for Us. FROM THE FAMILY OF REPTILES and THE ISLAND are a complete program in two...

Two life stories. That of Malou, a French woman, married to a German Jew, a refugee stranded in South America: a picture of the pre-war generation...

A documentary about the life of Karlheinz Böhm from his film career to his charity activities in Ethiopia.

An adaptation of Tennessee Williams' "The Lady Larkspur Lotion" created by Douglas Sirk with the assistance of his film students and Rainer Werner...

A commissioned work for a television series on WDR, A House for Us. FROM THE FAMILY OF REPTILES and THE ISLAND are a complete program in two...

Two former lovers start a new relationship.

Essentially an extensive travelogue through Greece and its islands, this 103-minute documentary was written, directed, and shot over a two-year...

Film extras take possession of a bogus film production company and acting as ideal world of film to persuade one associates mother-in-law of marriage.

When Hitler watches Marlene Dietrich in a movie, he falls in love with her. He persuades her to come back to Germany to be with him, but upon her...

Follows a woman, Lotte, who travels through Germany and seeks human connections, but is unsuccessful as every person she encounters is locked into...

Documentary film.

Documentary film.

A documentary that presents a brief yet detailed account on the making of Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas" (1990), the successful film that redefined...