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Wim Wenders 1k5c26
Popularity:1.168 5kj3k
Known For:Directing
Birthday:1945-08-14
Place of Birth:Düsseldorf,
Homepage:https://www.wim-wenders.com/
Also Known As: Vimu Vendâsu, 文溫德斯, 빔 벤더스, Вим Вендерс, Вім Вендерс, ویم وندرس
King Kongs Faust (1985) 6d626l
Berlin Film Fest 1984. The best place for every cinema fan. Everyone wants to be in on the festival, but that may be really difficult, if one has no...
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte (2008) 6w5w3b
This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German...

Kings of the Road (1976) 316q61
Itinerant projection-equipment repairman Bruno Winter and depressed hitchhiker Robert Lander - a doctor who has just been through a break-up with his...

Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers (2008) 1m4s4s

Film: The Living Record of Our Memory (2022) 312b4z
Why are we still able, today, to view images that were captured over 125 years ago? As we enter the digital age, audiovisual heritage seems to be a...

Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us (2003) 2i2i4r
This is a documentary about the making of "Wings of Desire" (1987). The director, writer, actors, composer and other contributors speak at length and...

Lightning Over Water (1980) e1i30
Director 'Nicholas Ray' is eager to complete a final film before his imminent death from cancer. Wim Wenders is working on his own film Hammett...

Janela da Alma (2001) 63304x
Nineteen people with differing degrees of visual impairment – from mild nearsightedness to total blindness – discuss how they see...

Close Up (2012) d6g2m
More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press Conferences in Cannes, Venice and Berlin, between 1993 and...

Die 2050er - Everything will change (2022) 1w192n
In a dystopian 2054, three young rebels go on a journey to find traces of the long lost beauty of nature, hoping to discover what happened to their...

Snowblind (2010) 2d3v6o
A lone gunman gets a last-minute pardon from death row, with the mission to deliver a woman of mysterious powers to an evil Governor. Against the...

Room 999 (2023) ia68
In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in the film Room 666. Now, 40 years later, in...
Cronología (2010) 1c5w22
Chronology is a puzzle created by images taken from found footage material originated by "Neue Heimat", the architectural project in charge of the...

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002) 2s6b5d
Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello. The project was conceived by...
Without Me (1993) 2d1318
An aspiring documentary filmmaker named Simon Rosenthal tries to get some attention for his film about skinheads versus Turkish immigrants. However,...
Tango Berlin (1997) 4d2xn
A young Argentinean janitor, a famous German director, a song by Carlos Gardel, the streets of Berlin and a never-ending film on an old Steenbeck.

The Million Dollar Hotel (2000) m2a3
A federal agent searches for a potential killer among the bizarre residents of a dilapidated Los Angeles hotel.

Hitler in Hollywood (2011) 151i38
A bio-doc about Micheline Presle changes into a thrilling investigation of the long hidden truth about European cinema. This mockumentary thriller...
La torcedura (2004) 3r1o1q
Jose is a young working-class man. Yet he finds himself buying a million dollar engagement ring from the town's finest jeweler. On leaving the store...

Cannes Uncut (2023) 483l5z
Looks at the glamour, red carpets, movies, craziness, stunts, deals, parties and personalities that have been part of the Cannes Film Festival over...

Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989) 1n205d
Wim Wenders talks with Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto about the creative process and ponders the relationship between cities, identity and...

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (2013) 4x1q19
An impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor Harry Dean Stanton comprised of intimate moments, film clips from some of his 250 films and his...
Report from Hollywood (1985) 7224
“It may be worse than Portugal,” observes cinematographer Henri Alekan about a Los Angeles film lab while on the set of Wim...

Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter (2011) 6m4y58
Werner Schroeter was one of the most significant proponents of New German Cinema. Schroeter was diagnosed with cancer in 2006. In her film, Elfi...

Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring (1993) 3p1b1y
“The bear leaves Berlin. It is fed up with its city. On the way two Russian ladies, Anna and her daughter Arisha, hire him as a driver. They...

Pictures of Europe (1990) 2ua1
What makes European cinema so special? Find out in Paul Joyce’s feature-length documentary, Pictures of Europe, which examines the differences...

The Night of the Filmmakers (1995) a6zo
A meditation on the first 100 years of German cinema, featuring an assembly of German filmmakers.

Why Are We (Not) Creative? (2021) 725l2f
In this second installment of his exploration of creativity, Hermann Vaske looks for factors that inhibit it. He asks artists, activists, and...

One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years (2008) h6550
The early films of Wim Wenders are now regarded as landmarks of European film. Alice in the Cities, Wrong Move and Kings of the Road became...
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland (2011) 663d1c
Fellow actors and musicians, film critics, and his Kentucky relatives tell the story of noted character actor Harry Dean Stanton. Kris Kristofferson,...

Fassbinder in Hollywood (2002) b5z66
Though he never actually worked in Hollywood, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who died in 1982 at the age of 36, was influenced greatly by Amercian studio...

Cinématon (1978) 482u8
Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011....

From Our Side (2022) 1c2gq
History flows, the darkness wets our clothes. Inspired by the poem “Avevamo studiato per l’aldilà” by Nobel laureate Eugenio...

Edgar G. Ulmer – Der Mann im Off (2004) 601e53
Documentary on the life and work of B-movie filmmaker Edgar G. Ulmer, spanning from his early life to his last film.

Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors (2022) 4u1g66
From the 1950s onwards, Erika and Ulrich Gregor brought countless film historical milestones to Berlin and shaped cinema discourse in post-war...

CAN and Me (2022) 4o3l27
In 1968, musician Irmin Schmidt and friends founded the avant-garde band "Can", which achieved worldwide fame. Schmidt also made a name for himself...

The Salt of the Earth (2014) 3y1rq
During the last forty years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an...
BAM150 (2012) 3c6v6u
A captivating history of the nation's oldest performing arts center - which largely mirrors the evolution of experimental and progressive performing...

Zeroville (2019) 1la6
A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.

Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) (2003) 2a166d
We are taken though the principal milestones of Hopper's biography, including his debut start in Hollywood, the meeting with James Dean and the...

Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen (2015) 1f733t
Documentary about German film critic Michael Althen.

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (2022) 6c362b
With exclusive behind-the-scenes access into Herzog’s everyday life, rare archive material and in-depth interviews with celebrated...
The Heart and the Legs (1989) 3z65d
The heart of the legs.

Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act (1983) 12656g
In 1983 Dennis Hopper went to Rice University in Houston, Texas ostensibly to screen his latest film Out Of The Blue. But little known to anyone,...

Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982 (1982) 5166g
Wim Wenders's atmospheric testimony about the problems he encountered while working on HAMMET(1982) with Francis Ford Coppola, and the differences...

Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments (2004) 3re39
The inevitable fat cigar between his fingers, the American actor, director and fine artist Dennis Hopper (1936) self-mockingly looks back on his...
Back to Room 666 (2008) 1f4q3u
What is the future of cinema? In 1982, in Cannes, Wim Wenders invited many movie makers to answer this question. 26 years later, the question...

Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary (2022) 305g35

Plankton Salesmen (2017) 1m5sa
A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in the early 2000s in Russia. The story of the Cinema Without Borders company...
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski (2005) b5p2n
Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz directed this insightful TV documentary (2005) tracing the Polish filmmaker's career. Former classmates reminisce about...

Kleiner Mann ganz groß (1994) 545631
Documentary feature about German actor Heinz Rühmann made shortly before his death in 1994.

Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain (2015) 685k3b
Posthumous portrait of Chris Marker, the elusive French filmmaker- essayist, traveller, photographer and cat-lover. Two filmmakers, Jean-Marie Barbe...

Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas (2012) 3x3a3s
The many references in contemporary film to Edward Hopper's works, as well as the widespread reproduction of some of his paintings have made his...

French Cinema Mon Amour (2015) 2u4g51
French Cinema Mon Amour is an ensemble film in which each contributor brings their own voice, their own particular approach, their culture, and their...

Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard (2011) 1v6j
From myth to legend Rowland Howard appeared on the early Melbourne punk scene like a phantom out of Kafkaesque Prague or Bram Stoker’s Dracula....

Room 666 (1982) l182u
During the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, Wim Wenders asks a number of global film directors to, one at a time, go into a hotel room, turn on the camera...

To Make a Film Is to Be Alive (1995) 5r6g4x
A behind-the-scenes look by wife Enrica Antonioni into Michelangelo Antonioni's ion for cinema as he directs Beyond the Clouds (1995), assisted...

Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider (2016) 464h4q
The life & times of Dennis Hopper, showbiz maestro and Hollywood eccentric.

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1975) 125x32
Goalkeeper Josef Bloch is sent off after committing a foul during an away game. This causes him to lose his bearings, and he wanders aimlessly...

3 American LPs (1969) 726c59
Another short was 3 American LPs, which was the first film I did with Peter Handke. It was a film about American music, about three pieces of three...

A Fuller Life (2013) 2l652c
Friends and irers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this unconventional documentary directed by Fuller's only...

Talking with Ozu (1993) 1ym6f
A tribute to the legendary Japanese film director featuring the reflections of filmmakers Lindsay Anderson, Claire Denis, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Aki...

Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life (2017) 5m2m2w
An of the life and work of legendary cinematographer and director Carlo Di Palma (1925-2004) and an emotional journey through the great...

The Legend of the Palme d'Or (2015) 1d1dh
From Martin Scorsese to Jane Campion, from Emir Kusturica to Quentin Tarantino, some of the greatest recipients of this trophy recall special moments...

Summer in the City (1972) 644v23
After an extensive prison term, a free man wanders into a new reality.

Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas' (1990) 5i5my
Documentary about the making of Wim Wenders' 1984 film, with interviews conducted in 1989.

Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema (1976) 3n206m
BBC documentary about the rise of the New German Cinema and several of its most important figures.

Long Shot (1978) 123t17
Against the backdrop of the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival, two low-budget filmmakers attempt to talk up some finance as they hunt for cash, cast and...

Along for the Ride (2016) 2a1v3a
A documentary chronicling the filmmaking career of Dennis Hopper.

Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years (2008) c4164
In intimate conversations Wim Wenders talks about his sheltered upbringing in post-war . The film follows him on a journey into the past that...

The State of Things (1982) 65d32
On location in Portugal, a film crew runs out of film while making their own version of Roger Corman's The Day the World Ended (1956). The producer...

Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait (1994) 4z2639
A 1993 portrait of rock singer and poet Nick Cave, a versatile artist who gained importance over the years. Jacobson also wrote the scenario that was...

The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov (2017) 4o4p4y
August 2015, a courtroom in Rostov-on-Don. A man is peering through the bars of his cage, his eyes reveal that his nerves are about to snap. Today he...

Living the Light: Robby Müller (2018) m5u57
For her extraordinary film essay, Living the Light, Director and Director of Photography Claire Pijman had access to the thousands of Hi8 video...

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders (1990) 3s6ez
Though very polite and British, this feature-length documentary about German filmmaker Wim Wenders offers the most penetrating insights and the best...

Alekan, la lumière (1988) 4gc5k
An episode of the show "Océaniques " about the craft and lighting techniques of the legendary French cinematographer Henri Alekan

Love and So Forth (1968) 2l2u2l
Munich, 1968: a period of liberation, student revolts, state repression. Amidst the restlessness, chemistry student Robbie meets the Irish cello...

Viaggio in Bergmania (2011) 5j3l6
This is a cinematic pilgrimage by two young Turkish directors to their biggest source of inspiration, Ingmar Bergman. Their desire to approach even...

Cannes: All Access (2007) 471a2z
From its simple beginnings in 1939 in a sleepy beach town in the south of , the prestigious Cannes Film Festival has become the must-attend red...

FreeDogme (2000) 1i1e5x
Marie Berthelius and Roger Narbonne conference call Lars von Trier, Win Wenders, Lone Scherfig, and Jean-Marc Barr and are also linked by digital...

Restoring Time (2015) 1i3m5x
Documentary about the efforts to preserve and restore the films of German director Wim Wenders.

Paul Auster: What If (2019) 2j6l2p
A look at the world of US writer Paul Auster, on the occasion of the publication of his new novel, an exploration of human identity and the soul of...

Tausend Augen (1984) 2v253x
Hamburg student Gabriele constantly dreams of her boyfriend in Australia. The reality is different, because while she sits in lecture halls during...

Wim Wenders in Tokyo (1990) 23t1s
A documentary which follows director Wim Wenders and Sean Naughton, the high-definition-video designer on UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD, in Tokyo, and...

Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in (2015) 1t2nc
A documentary on the 1973 Sam Fuller film Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street.

Beyond the Bolex (2018) 6c1s45
Filmmaker Alyssa Bolsey stumbles on a treasure trove of vintage cameras, old film reels, fading photos, technical drawings and boxes of documents...

Henri Langlois vu par... (2014) 601c6k
Thirteen filmmakers talk about Henri Langlois and their relationship with him.

The Art of Football from A to Z (2006) 4574f
Funnyman John Cleese leads viewers through an exhaustive -- and hilarious -- tour of the world of soccer, complete with the sport's most memorable...

Now (2021) 552j5q
A documentary that shows how young activists from around the globe such as Felix Finkbeiner (Plant for the Planet), Luisa Neubauer, Greta Thunberg...

Three for the Road (2016) 6g6f
Interview with director Wim Wenders conducted and edited by filmmaker Michael Almereyda.

A Trick of the Light (1995) 172p51
A rare gem of cinematic storytelling that weaves docudrama, fictional reenactment, and experimental photography into a powerful, reflective work on...

Wim Wenders, Desperado (2020) 75u2h
"Wings Of Desire" and "Buena Vista Social Club", "Paris, Texas" and "The State Of Things": Wim Wenders is considered one of the pioneers of New...

Veränderung (2020) 4o1245
Wim Wenders ponders about the future of our society and film making amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.

Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (2018) 705s3i
Pope Francis responds to questions from around the world, discussing topics including ecology, immigration, consumerism and social justice.
Cinématon XXII (1982) 5v3f37
Reel 22 of Gérard Courant’s on-going Cinematon series.

Love in Hollywood (1996) ve2y
Various Hollywood people talk about love.

Alice in the Cities (1974) 642z2u
German journalist Philip Winter has a case of writer’s block when trying to write an article about the United States. He decides to return to...

Wrong Move (1975) 66c1v
Six days in the life of Wilhelm: a detached man without qualities. He wants to write, so his mother gives him a ticket to Bonn, telling him to live....

Helsinki Napoli All Night Long (1987) 41s6o
Alex is a Finnish taxi driver in Berlin. One evening pits two men feel comfortable in his taxi with a briefcase full of money, but unfortunately for...

The American Friend (1977) 6t6g34
Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by...

A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner (2021) 5d3m2j
Born in Berlin in 1896, Lotte Eisner became famous for her ionate involvement in the world of both German and French cinema. In 1936, together...

What Do You Know About Me (2009) 50lx
Until the 1970s, Italian cinema dominated the international scene, even competing with Hollywood. Then, in just a few years, came its rapid decline,...

High Maintenance (2020) 66162r
A fascinating journey through the life of Israeli artist Dani Karavan, an irreverent and charismatic creator, recognized worldwide for radically...
Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days' (2024) 546j4
Director Wim Wenders talks about the production process of his 2023 film ' Perfect Days'.

100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker (1989) 29543n
On 30 April 1945, dictator Adolf Hitler, his wife Eva Braun, and prominent of the Third Reich live out their final hour in the...

Why Are We Creative? (2018) 171g2e
A 30 years odyssey: the world's most intriguing artists and thinkers from the fields of visual art, music, filmmaking, acting, literature,...

The Keys to Freedom (2025) 5i1067
To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, Wim Wenders shot a short film that takes us to the most secret place in Europe at...

A Weekend at the Beach (2015) 683a6r
Godard to come to the University California, San Diego to give a lecture. He stayed at our house at the beach. Some filmmakers and creatives came to...

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1975) 125x32

Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring (1993) 3p1b1y

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1975) 125x32

Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring (1993) 3p1b1y
Jil Sander: Spring/Summer 2018 Campaign (2017) 4ij3f

Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle (2013) 3c6b5j

Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper (2020) 1b3l2t
Am Spätnachmittag des folgenden Tages erwachte Joe in einem billigen Hotelzimmer - Andy schläft noch ... (1969) t1nn

Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring (1993) 3p1b1y

Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper (2020) 1b3l2t

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1975) 125x32

Der fremde Fotograf und die Einsamkeit (2012) 53485a

Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party (2023) 152s6e

It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story (2018) g4x59

Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper (2020) 1b3l2t

Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper (2020) 1b3l2t

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter (1990) 67wj

The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011) 10221x
A worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema through the history of cinematic innovation.

Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995) 4x4a2v
The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December...

Bambi-Verleihung (1948) 305d29
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in...

Midi Première (1975) 3x6v2n
Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975...
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen (2020) 592x33

Morgenmagazin (1970) 43j5m
The Blues is a 2003 documentary film series produced by Martin Scorsese, dedicated to the history of blues music. In each of the seven episodes, a...

Morgenmagazin (1970) 43j5m
The Blues is a 2003 documentary film series produced by Martin Scorsese, dedicated to the history of blues music. In each of the seven episodes, a...
Morgenmagazin (1970) 43j5m
A ten episode Tv series on cinephilia, in which contributors to both American and French films are interviewed.