Jean-Marie Straub Movies

2004
A Visit to the Louvre
A Visit to the Louvre
6.62004HD
A visit to the Louvre in Paris commentated by an actor reading Cézanne.
1970
Zum Begriff des 'kritischen Kommunismus' bei Antonio Labriola (1843-1904)
Zum Begriff des 'kritischen Kommunismus' bei Antonio Labriola (1843-1904)
01970HD
1977
Fortini/Cani
Fortini/Cani
5.31977HD
The film is a sort of presentation of Franco Fortini's book 'I Cani del Sinai'. Fortini, an Italian Jew, reads excerpts from the book about his...
2015
In omaggio all'arte italiana!
In omaggio all'arte italiana!
3.62015HD
Fragment of last reel from "History Lessons" presented in an installation as a special event for the Venice Biennale Arte.
1973
Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene
Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene
5.41973HD
This is a small, intense film based on Schoenberg’s opus of the same name with the subtitle “danger, fear, catastrophe”. It deals...
2011
Jackals and Arabs
Jackals and Arabs
5.12011HD
A Kafka dialogue is read by actors in Straub's own apartment in Paris.
2009
Corneille-Brecht ou Rome l'unique objet de mon ressentiment
Corneille-Brecht ou Rome l'unique objet de mon ressentiment
02009HD
Co-director Cornelia Geiser sits by a window on an easy chair reading aloud a few verses by Corneille, then a somewhat longer excerpt from Brecht -...
1994
Lothringen!
Lothringen!
6.21994HD
About the history of the French region of Lorraine, called Lothringen in German.
2011
L'Inconsolable
L'Inconsolable
52011HD
With L’inconsolable, Jean-Marie Straub continues the mise en scène of Cesare Pavese’s Dialogues with Leucò, initiated in...
1988
Hommage à Vernon
Hommage à Vernon
01988HD
Forgotten Straub-Huillet film that shows outtakes from "Der Tod des Empedokles".
2006
Europa 2005 – 27 octobre
Europa 2005 – 27 octobre
42006HD
Inspired by Rossellini's Europa '51 Straub-Huillet made a film consisting of two pans of a street corner in Paris.
2001
Il viandante
Il viandante
5.72001HD
An alternate look at a part of Sicilia, perhaps left out for its more straightforward didactic quality. Interesting to again see the long gaps. Also...
2001
6 Bagatelas
6 Bagatelas
6.22001HD
Six unused scenes from Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie? One of the more priceless of the “bagatelles” in this collection features a...
2015
L’Aquarium et la Nation
L’Aquarium et la Nation
72015HD
A film in three parts: An aquarium, a man sitting at a table reading various text passages, and a sequence from Jean Renoir’s film LA...
2003
Humiliated
Humiliated
02003HD
Excerpts from the novel Donna di Messina (1949 and 1964, 1967) by Elio Vittorini (1908-1966).
2008
Itinerary of Jean Bricard
Itinerary of Jean Bricard
5.82008HD
The film is a commemoration of the lost livelihood of the earth, the lost lives of the War and to the work of two of the cinema’s greatest...
1985
A Proposition in Four Parts
A Proposition in Four Parts
51985HD
"D. W. Griffith’s 1909 short film A Corner in Wheat, a Biblical tale of avarice, divine retribution, and the prolonged suffering of the masses,...
2002
Dolando
Dolando
02002HD
"At the end of filming Umiliati, Straub and Huillet gave thanks to the cast and crew in a graceful way: by inviting Dolando Bernardini to sing...
2009
The Witches, Women Among Themselves
The Witches, Women Among Themselves
5.72009HD
Another adaptation from Cesare Pavese’s Dialogues with Leucò (following "From the Clouds to the Resistance", "These Encounters of...
2001
Cinéma, de notre temps: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub - cinéastes
Cinéma, de notre temps: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub - cinéastes
62001HD
The original television version of 'Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?'