Romuald Karmakar

The Invisible Zoo (2024)

Across the seasons, the film gives an account of life and work and the animals and visitors at Zurich Zoo, an institution that is one of the leading zoological gardens in Europe. Animals in their cages, humans in the cinema. What lies between them? ...

BYZANTION (2017)

BYZANTION is a film in two parts. It centers on the song "Agni Parthene" (O Virgin Pure), a Marian hymn of the Christian Orthodox world. Part one, the Greek version, was filmed with Archimandrit Nikodimos (Panos Kabarnos), a star of the Byzantine music wor ...

If I Think of Germany at Night (2017)

A look at five pioneers of electronic music for whom work is their raison d'etre. ...

The Reading of Names (2014)

Short documentary about a memorial ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day in Berlin 2014. ...

May 8 (2013)

A documentary about the demonstration of the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) at Berlin's Alexanderplatz on the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II on May 8, 2005. ...

Democracy Under Attack - An Intervention (2012)

A completely black background and, before it, a microphone; during this film a total of ten women and men will step up to this microphone. In December 2011, Berlin venue Haus der Kulturen der Welt held a symposium on the topic of the current state of our d ...

Ralph N. Elliott entdeckte, dass die Bewegung der Märkte allein durch das psychische Verhalten der Marktteilnehmer wiedergegeben wird (2012)

Short film about goats. ...

The Flock of the Lord (2011)

A cinematic retreat about The Lord's flock in the year 2005. With encounters from Marktl am Inn, the new pope's birthplace, on the weekend of his inauguration, including scenes from Rome, eleven days earlier, where hundreds of thousands huddled towards St. ...

Villalobos (2009)

Ricardo Villalobos is a major figure on the European electronic music scene. As a recording artist, he's released dozens of singles, seven albums and four mix collections. As a producer, he's remixed tracks for artists such as Beck, Depeche Mode, Plastikma ...

24 Hours Berlin (2009)

24-hour television documentary about Berlin and its inhabitants, reporting in real time on the everyday lives of more than 50 protagonists from a wide range of professions, social classes, religions and ethnicities. ...

Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation (2009)

Thirteen German directors present short films exploring the state of their country. ...

A Man of Confidence: Ralf Otterpohl, Water Specialist (2009)

Documentary short by Romuald Karmakar. ...

Ramses (2009)

Hamburg Lectures (2006)

The German actor Manfred Zapatka broadcasts in full, in an unusual reading form, the two sermons of the imam of the Hamburg mosque Mohammed Fazazi delivered in January 2000. ...

Between the Devil and the Wide Blue Sea (2005)

Documentary on the techno music scene. A journey through the world of electronic music. This film is a compilation of different live sets and concert-parts of some electronic music artists. ...

Land der Vernichtung (2004)

Documentary about a former concentration camp and its surrounding. ...

Nightsongs (2004)

A young couple in Berlin's 'Mitte' district. He, a writer, is lying on the sofa, reading. She can't stand it anymore. In the afternoon the parents come to see the baby. She goes out in the evening. The young man waits. She comes back - but not alone. ...

Die Nacht von Yokohama (2003)

On 30 June 2002, three-time World Cup winners Germany played four-time world champions Brazil in the football World Cup final. That night in Yokohama, Brazil defeated Germany 2:0, making the Germans vice-champions of the World Cup. ...

196 bpm (2002)

In 196 BPM Romuald Karmakar documents the 2002 Berlin Love Parade. Using a single take each and wihtout dialogue or commentary, he shows three sites of the techno jamboree that has rocked the German capital one summer weekend every year since 1989. ...

Manila (2000)

Due to a delayed flight, a group of German flight passengers had to wait in the hall of the airport of Manila. The crowd was quite mixed, ranging from a cultivated eastern German teacher couple up to sleazy sex tourists. As the waiting prolonged, more and ...

Das Himmler Projekt (2000)

Romuald Karmakar directs the actor Manfred Zapatka in performing the three-and-a-half hour speech originally declaimed before ninety-two SS generals by Heinrich Himmler on the 4th of October, 1943 in the Golden Hall of the Posen Palace. ...

Frankfurt Millennium (1998)

While the masses enthusiastically meet to celebrate the new Millennium, one does not sense much commotion at the kiosk and corner bar "Das Frankfurter Kreuz ". Strangers as well as regulars come to the Kiosk owned by Walter. ...

The Deathmaker (1995)

Fritz Haarmann, who has killed at least 27 boys, is questioned by a psychology professor in order to find out whether he is sane and can be held responsible for his crimes. During this interrogation Haarmann reveals his motives and his killing methods. ...

Infight (1994)

Film by Karmakar. ...

Der Tyrann von Turin (1994)

Documentary short by Romuald Karmakar. ...

Sam Shaw on John Cassavetes (1993)

Film by Karmakar. ...

Warheads (1993)

Documentary about a German fomer member of the foreign legion and a British mercenary involved in the Balkan conflict. ...

Demontage IX, Unternehmen Stahlglocke (1992)

Short performance piece. ...

Gallodrome (1989)

Cockfights in northern France on the national holiday. ...

Hellman Rider (1989)

Interview film with Monte Hellman. ...

Eine Freundschaft in Deutschland (1985)

Film by Karmakar. ...

Candy Girl (1984)

Short by Karmakar. ...

Adelheid und Konrad (1984)

Short by Karmakar. ...

Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen (2015)

Documentary about German film critic Michael Althen. ...

Democracy Under Attack - An Intervention (2012)

A completely black background and, before it, a microphone; during this film a total of ten women and men will step up to this microphone. In December 2011, Berlin venue Haus der Kulturen der Welt held a symposium on the topic of the current state of our d ...

Eine Freundschaft in Deutschland (1985)

Film by Karmakar. ...