Walter Niklaus

Mein Bruder, der Clown (1991)

The Man Who Met the Trains (1989)

A top administrator in the Federal German armed forces measures the machinery of murder at Auschwitz according to the effiency principle, and deems it a triumph. Militaria dealers market all the components for a do-it-yourself SS officer. The film assemble ...

Comrade Krüger (1988)

SS officer Walter Krüger talks about his career. Now he is Secretary of the „Kameradschaftsverband I. Panzerkorps der ehemaligen Waffen-SS e.V." (Fellowship of Former Soldiers of Waffen SS 1st Tank Corps). During the interview it shows that Krüger stil ...

Der springende Punkt (1987)

Archive footage of bomb detonations during the Second World War combined with abstract graphic elements which show the destructive potential of modern nuclear missiles. Together the images are a silent warning of armament and war. ...

Bahnwärter Thiel (1982)

The film tells the tragic fate of railroad guard Thiel at the end of the 19th century. Thiel, who spends his days in the dull, monotonous fulfillment of his duties, has lost his gentle, quiet wife Minna. He remarries out of concern for his young son Tobias ...

Nachspiel eines Verhörs (1981)

In the Land of Eagles and Crosses (1981)

In this documentary, Joachim Hellwig uses partly unpublished footage to shed light on a dark chapter of German history and shows the entanglements between the politicians' claims to power and the interests of industry and business in Germany from the begin ...

Farewell to Peace (1979)

Prague 1913: The family of newspaper publisher Alexander Reither, traditionally reunited for a New Year's dinner, moves along convoluted and secretive paths in everyday life. Granddaughter Wally is impressed by the opaque businessman Marko Gelusich. Her co ...

Censored: Kuhle Wampe (1975)

A detailed reconstruction of the censorship case against the landmark Weimar-era communist film, Kuhle Wampe, or Who Owns the World? (1932). Directed by Slatan Dudow, the crew and cast included left-wing luminaries, such as playwright Bertolt Brecht, compo ...

Der Adjutant (1972)

Bye-Bye Wheelus (1971)

Wheelus Air Base was once the largest American air base outside the USA itself. Ordered to be cleared by June 30th, 1970 by Libya's Revolutionary Command Council. ...

Witching Hour (1967)

An interview with Madame Buchela, a West German clairvoyant. ...

Er ging allein (1967)

A small town in West Germany. Material for an exhibition with documents from the Nazi era was stolen from Herbert Geerts, only the negatives of the photos did not fall into the hands of the perpetrator. Geerts is found murdered and the group of people who ...

Der Fall Bernd K. (1967)

Documentary on Bernd Köhlert, a West German mercenary whose death in the Congo caused a sensation ...

The Russian Miracle (1963)

A two-part East German documentary tracing Russia's transformation from the Tsarist Empire to the Soviet Union, from the 1917 October Revolution to the achievements of the space program. Directed by Andrew Thorndike and Annelie Thorndike, the film assemble ...

Fog (1963)

At the beginning of the 1960s, a German turns up on behalf of the NATO in the British village of Rocksmouth. NATO wants to establish a naval base in Rocksmouth, but first, the German envoy has to salvage an old ship wreck. In 1942, the "Princess of India" ...

The Black Galley (1962)

Antwerp at the end of the 16th century. For the second time, the city falls into the hands of the plundering and murdering Spaniards. Jan and Myga are just ten years old. While Myga's father tries to come to terms with the Spaniards, Jan leaves the occupie ...

Das andere Gesicht (1961)

My Wife Wants to Sing (1958)

Having been happily married for ten years, Gerda Wagner, devoted mother and housewife, suddenly gets it into her head that she would like a career as a pop star. She had singing lessons in the past and her voice is still beautiful. A chance meeting with th ...