Peter Nestler Movies

Peter Nestler portrays the everyday life of two young music students from Budapest who are trying to balance their family life, which is shaped by...

Nestler relates the histories of shipbuilding, armaments, and war in Europe to the exploitation of labor and the circulation of knowledge and capital...

Today, the Römerstrasse in Italy's Aosta valley, is a significant traffic artery in the center of modern Europe. Nestler's journey explores the...

This film is about the indigenous cultures of Ecuador, of what is past and what is preserved, of destruction and resistance, of persisting in new...

A documentary of the town of Sheffield's main pub and the people who went there.

The first part of a history about the history of paper.

Documentary about the journey of a barge through East Germany.

Jewish painter Leopold Mayer fled his native Frankfurt at the rise of the Nazi regime. Although briefly finding refuge in France, where he changed...

Documentary that portrays Vincent van Gogh's live and work through his letters to his brother Theo.

In a 13-minute navigation, Nestler takes us downstream the Rhine River. The opportunity of cheap water transport kept prices of raw material down and...

Peter and Zsóka Nestler collaborated on this film, an exploration of the working techniques involved in the process of glass-making.

Ethnologist and adventurer, Count Eric von Rosen was a man of contradictions: interested in the natives of Africa and colonial racism. Nestler...

Interview with Peter Nestler about his filmmaking practice conducted and directed by Christoph Hübner

Stoff (1) is part of a series of films made for television and aimed at young audiences. The series was dedicated to the history and techniques...

A cheerful take on the lives of school children in a Swiss rural environment. Young pupils recite short essays they have written on subjects such as...

Documentary short made for Swedish public television (SVT) about the past and current situation for Native Americans in the US. The film was produced...

A reflection on the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet captured in its economic and social causalities. Originally shot for a TV youth program but...

In this tale based on a Brothers Grimm story, Prince Alfred searches for an enchanted castle that holds a magic fountain whose waters can cure his...

The film is based on the eponymous 1960 novel by author Peter Weiss. In this autobiographical text, the author describes the years of his childhood...

Filmed in Spain, Finland, Sweden, and West Germany, 'Spanien!' investigates ideas of internationalism and solidarity, using personal testimonies from...