Wdr Movies

TV documentary about the bicycle sequence in Ozu`s Banshun (Late Spring)

A study of Alexander Kluge that also emulates his technique of seeking and linking. Kluge reads aloud, Kluge recounts, including stories from his chil...

In a musical pop horror slapstick crime grotesque a broker wants to sell a group of hippies a haunted castle.

For the Turks, the Federal Republic of Germany has become a magnet and a hope of escaping the social problems of their homeland; however, they also fa...

In 1996, cinematographer Helge Weindler died in Almeria, Spain, while shooting his wife Doris Dörrie's new film. A year later, she set out to retrace...

The "Carnival of the Animals" is Camille Saint-Saëns' best-known piece. Saint-Saëns did not want it to be published. On the 100th anniversary of the c...

Kim rescues and adopts a baby squirrel while having to defend himself from two older boys.

Documentary aired on German television in 1989. Includes interviews with Adorno, Herbert Marcuse, Alexander Kluge and more.

The gruesome death of a young woman confronts target investigators Hanna Landauer and Lars Röwer with an unusual challenge in the frozen Swedish north...

Composed in 1824, Beethoven's "Symphony No. 9" will celebrate its bicentennial in 2024. With its famous finale based on Schiller's poem "An die Freude...

Documentary about the first five decades of the Eurovision Song Contest

Nine prominent contemporary witnesses describe their experiences from their personal favorite year on WDR television! All this embedded in the politic...

May 27th, 1971 was a rainy day. In the small town Radevormwald, the world seems to be still in order. But on this day, 46 people die in a train crash...

Drive-By Truckers had been invited by the legendary German "Rockpalast" TV show. The live recording took place at the club "Underground" in Cologne on...

The lord of the castle is found shot. His sister takes care of the appropriate wake, a firearm-happy guest from Spain romps around in the walls. An It...

The tranquil family life of a police officer is disrupted when a colleague on duty goes berserk and expects him to make a false statement. A question...

Documentary feature about the accident of the super tanker "Exxon Valdez" in Alaska in 1989.

A large train station, it might be anywhere in a big city. Waiting passengers, some are curiously observing each other, some are too much involved wit...