Thomas Heise Movies

  • 2012
    Die Lage

    Die Lage

    Die Lage

    4.32012HD

    Thomas Heise’s film reframes Pope Benedict XVI’s September 2011 visit to Erfurt not as a triumphal “Pope-mania” spectacle but...

    Die Lage
  • 1980
    So Why Make a Film About These People?

    So Why Make a Film About These People?

    So Why Make a Film About These People?

    71980HD

    "This was my first student documentary. I shot it over the Easter vacation in 1980 on 16mm, black-and-white reversal film. Apart from two five-minute...

    So Why Make a Film About These People?
  • 2009
    Material

    Material

    Material

    6.12009HD

    "Pictures from the late eighties in the GDR on up to the immediate present in the year 2008 in Germany. What has been left over besieges my mind. All...

    Material
  • 1992
    Neustadt - Ça va chauffer

    Neustadt - Ça va chauffer

    Neustadt - Ça va chauffer

    01992HD

    Neustadt - Ça va chauffer
  • 1984
    The House, 1984

    The House, 1984

    The House, 1984

    7.21984HD

    Thomas Heise's documentary portrays the meeting of officials and citizens in the district office of Berlin-Mitte in 1984. The movie uniquely displays...

    The House, 1984
  • 2006
    Im Glück (Neger)

    Im Glück (Neger)

    Im Glück (Neger)

    7.22006HD

    Over seven years, director Thomas Heise revisits five young actors from his 2007 Berlin staging of Heiner Müller’s “Anatomy...

    Im Glück (Neger)
  • 2014
    Städtebewohner

    Städtebewohner

    Städtebewohner

    62014HD

    Documentary about a juvenile prison in Mexico City.

    Städtebewohner