Erwin Leiser

Zehn Brüder sind wir gewesen (1996)

Film about Auschwitz and the extermination of the European Jews. ...

Otto John - Eine deutsche Geschichte (1995)

Feindbilder (1995)

Ein Schlips steht Kopf (1995)

"Mein ganzes Leben war Kunst". Ein Film über Otte Sköld (1995)

Pimpf war jeder (1993)

A dozen of men meet after 50 years. Once they all studied in the same high school class in Berlin, but the war broke out the year before they were to graduate. And they all joined Hitler Jugend. It was an order. Half of the men of their generation would di ...

1937 - Kunst und Macht (1992)

In 1937, art and power collide in a rare clash that will change the face of Europe for decades to come. At the beginning of the year, the Spanish town of Guernica was bombed by the German air force. On June 30, Goebbels issued his decree "to segregate Germ ...

Die Feuerprobe - Novemberpogrom 1938 (1988)

Documentary about antisemitic pogroms in Nazi Germany. ...

Hitlers Sonderauftrag Linz (1987)

Documentary about art theft during the nazi era. ...

Elie Wiesel. Im Zeichen des Feuers (1986)

The Followers (1985)

Combining archival footage with dramatized episodes based on real accounts, this film examines everyday life in Nazi Germany through the experiences of ordinary citizens. Directed by Eberhard Itzenplitz and Erwin Leiser, it traces how conformity, opportuni ...

Ich lebe in der Gegenwart - Versuch über Hans Richter (1973)

Keine Welt für Kinder (1972)

Germany Awake! (1968)

Documentary about film as propaganda in the Third Reich. ...

For Example Fritz Lang (1968)

A interview with Fritz Lang where he talks about his career in Germany and troubles with the Nazis. ...

Wähle das Leben (1963)

A documentary film created using authentic footage that shows the terrifying effects of nuclear weapons, using Hiroshima as an example. ...

Eichmann and the Third Reich (1961)

Released during the trial of Adolf Eichmann, this documentary uses archival footage and contemporary interviews to examine the crimes of the Third Reich and the bureaucratic machinery behind the Holocaust. Directed by Erwin Leiser, the film situates Eichma ...

Mein Kampf (1960)

Using exclusively archival footage, Erwin Leiser traces the rise and collapse of the Third Reich, from Adolf Hitler's early years to the devastation of Europe and his suicide in 1945. The film draws heavily on material produced and preserved by the Nazi pr ...

Message to Man (1989)

In January 1989 the first Message to Man International Film Festival took place in Leningrad. This film, made during the festival, is a record of its events, guests and participants, such as the American director Leo Hurwitz, the Latvian director Ivars Sel ...

Die Feuerprobe - Novemberpogrom 1938 (1988)

Documentary about antisemitic pogroms in Nazi Germany. ...

Wochenschau I: Requiem für eine Firma (1969)

A documentary about the events at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb) in November 1968, which led to the termination of the training contracts of 18 students. While Director Heinz Rathsack dictates to his secretary Helene Schwarz the lette ...

For Example Fritz Lang (1968)

A interview with Fritz Lang where he talks about his career in Germany and troubles with the Nazis. ...

Sandburg, Yes! (1959)

A portrait of the American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor, Carl Sandburg (1878-1967). He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. ...