Harun Farocki Movies

  • 2001
    The State I Am In

    The State I Am In

    The State I Am In

    6.7972001HD

    Clara and Hans are left-wing terrorists who have been sought by police for almost fifteen years. Their increasingly rebellious daughter Jeanne begins...

    The State I Am In
  • 2007
    Memories

    Memories

    Memories

    5.52007HD

    Previously focused on Asian directors, “Jeonju Digital Project 2007” takes a look at Europe. The Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa, the...

    Memories
  • 2015
    A German Youth

    A German Youth

    A German Youth

    7.12015HD

    At the end of the 1960s the post-war generation began to revolt against their parents. This was a generation disillusioned by anti-communist...

    A German Youth
  • 1996
    Cuba Libre

    Cuba Libre

    Cuba Libre

    61996HD

    Tom steals Tina's love and money, and five years later they meet again by chance. Both wanting to get back what was taken from them, they dream of...

    Cuba Libre
  • 1969
    Wochenschau I: Requiem für eine Firma

    Wochenschau I: Requiem für eine Firma

    Wochenschau I: Requiem für eine Firma

    01969HD

    A documentary about the events at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb) in November 1968, which led to the termination of the training...

    Wochenschau I: Requiem für eine Firma
  • 1998
    What Farocki Taught

    What Farocki Taught

    What Farocki Taught

    51998HD

    A remake, in English of the German film Nicht löschbares Feuer (1969).

    What Farocki Taught
  • 1991
    Images of the World and the Inscription of War

    Images of the World and the Inscription of War

    Images of the World and the Inscription of War

    6.51991HD

    Farocki’s intriguing and troubling film explores the processes of visual perception and how they affect our understanding of history and...

    Images of the World and the Inscription of War
  • 1983
    Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika

    Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika

    Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika

    6.11983HD

    This film is at once a self-portrait and an homage to Jean-Marie Straub, Farocki's role model and former teacher at the Film Academy.

    Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika
  • 1968
    Break the Power of the Manipulators

    Break the Power of the Manipulators

    Break the Power of the Manipulators

    01968HD

    Documentary by Helke Sander, in collaboration with Harun Farocki (among others), about the campaign of the West German New Left against the...

    Break the Power of the Manipulators
  • 2025
    Single. A Record is Being Produced

    Single. A Record is Being Produced

    Single. A Record is Being Produced

    02025HD

    Single is not a theoretical treatise; it just uses clips to show how a single is produced. The song is Time to Love, the singers call themselves...

    Single. A Record is Being Produced
  • 2012
    A New Product

    A New Product

    A New Product

    6.52012HD

    A New Product is a corporate documentary, or, that is, a document of corporate qualities; specifically about what seems to be a small company whose...

    A New Product
  • 2025
    About Narration

    About Narration

    About Narration

    02025HD

    Interdisciplinary studies put into practice is a plane on which HaF's interests and mine coincide. Ideas of fictional research projects in films...

    About Narration
  • 1969
    Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets

    Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets

    Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets

    01969HD

    According to Fritz J. Raddatz, Rosa Luxemburg cried when she read Marx's concept of value. I was just as disappointed by the Cine-Tracts made in May...

    Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets
  • 2025
    The Words of the Chairman

    The Words of the Chairman

    The Words of the Chairman

    02025HD

    I was on a ship – this sounds like a novel: I had just embarked for Venezuela on June 2, 1967 as the Shah of Iran was arriving in West Berlin....

    The Words of the Chairman
  • 2020
    Labour in a Single Shot

    Labour in a Single Shot

    Labour in a Single Shot

    02020HD

    A few years ago, German artists Antje Ehmann and Harun Farocki conducted workshops on the subject of work in 15 cities around the world. The result...

    Labour in a Single Shot
  • 2004
    Nothing Ventured

    Nothing Ventured

    Nothing Ventured

    6.32004HD

    What venture capital or VC for short actually means is explained in the film itself. Banks only lend money against collateral. Those who have none...

    Nothing Ventured
  • 2014
    Parallel I–IV

    Parallel I–IV

    Parallel I–IV

    82014HD

    Cinema’s onscreen worlds have always borne an indexical bond to the real. What happens when computer-generated video game images usurp film as...

    Parallel I–IV
  • 2014
    Phoenix

    Phoenix

    Phoenix

    6.842014HD

    German-Jewish cabaret singer Nelly survived Auschwitz but had to undergo reconstructive surgery as her face was disfigured. Without recognizing...

    Phoenix
  • 2010
    The Silver and the Cross

    The Silver and the Cross

    The Silver and the Cross

    02010HD

    The work examines the painting Depiction of the Cerro Rico and the Imperial City of Potosí (Oil on canvas, 262 x 181 cm) by Gaspar Miguel des...

    The Silver and the Cross
  • 2010
    Serious Games 2 – Three Dead

    Serious Games 2 – Three Dead

    Serious Games 2 – Three Dead

    02010HD

    An exploration of how the U.S. military employs video game technology to train troops for war. Three Dead depicts a military exercise within a mock...

    Serious Games 2 – Three Dead