Peter Nestler Movies

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

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...

With the help of drawings, Nestler provides a historical overview of the types of work associated with industries that are crucial to Scandinavia,...

Rarely screened two part documentary on the Swedish-Chilean folk music group Victor Jaras barn [Victor Jara's Children], formed by folk musician and...

Roma and Sinti people talk about their experiences in the Third Reich and the Federal Republic of Germany, inspired by Otto Pankok’s paintings...

Documentary about the return of fascism in Western Germany.

A contribution from the documentary film cycle about the invention and development of certain work techniques, production processes and materials.

In his first film, Peter Nestler gives voice to an old floodgate. A nearby village, its inhabitants, wooden posts and twisted willow rods are...

The first part of this film is devoted to the Greek resistance against fascism and the civil war for independence. While the voice-over recites facts...

A documentary about the Sami people across Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, and about the environmental devastation in that area throughout the...

The film documents the activities of two human-rights organisations during the military dictatorship in Chile — PIDEE (Protección de la...

Peter Nestler's short focusses the works of four Chilean artists: two painters [Nicolas de la Cruz and Jorge Kuhn], a graphic designer [Rolando...

Nestler traces the history of Frankfurt’s Jewish ghetto from the middle ages to the present day.

An emotional condemnation of the U.S.’s role in the war in North Vietnam, composed of photographs by Thomas Billhardt, this film depicts the...

A short film about a wicker weaver in Budapest.

Essay film about the origins of war in human history.

A Roma silversmith talks about her experiences.

The film consists of a staged discussion between Greek political refugees in Sweden. Dialogue is mainly in Greek, but the first few minutes shows one...

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

The story begins on a hilltop, at an old castle that served as a German observation post in 1942. The traces of German fascism have also left their...