Harun Farocki Movie Trailers
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Between Two Wars Trailer (1978)
05 November 1978
A film about the time of the blast furnaces – 1917–1933 – about the development of an industry, about perfect machinery which had to run itself to the point of its own destruction.
About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright Trailer (1975)
07 October 1975
Song of Ceylon was commissioned for the short-lived German TV-series Telekritik and broadcasted in 1975.
The Campaign Volunteer Trailer (1967)
23 June 1967
Der Wahlhelfer deals with the development of a young trainee lawyer and FDP (Free Democrat Party) supporter who becomes a revolutionary.
Betrayed Trailer (1985)
26 October 1985
A “film-noir” on double identity and role reversal. A man is looking for a woman to love. He finds her in a seedy bar and persuades her to marry him.
Bent or Broken Trailer (1975)
14 November 1975
A darkly comedic exploration of personal struggle and societal pressure, we follow the story of a middle-aged man named Max, who is trapped in a life of monotony and frustration.
Kinostadt Paris Trailer (1990)
05 March 1990
Short documentary vignettes and interviews revolving around cinephile life in Paris.
Bedtime Stories: Ships Trailer (1977)
01 January 1977
"As if pictures could think! Einschlafgeschichten doesn't really speak of bridges or railroads but rather of two girls filling the space between daytime and dreamtime with a poetic game, an endless game, a game with no end.
The Silver and the Cross Trailer (2010)
01 January 2010
The work examines the painting Depiction of the Cerro Rico and the Imperial City of Potosí (Oil on canvas, 262 x 181 cm) by Gaspar Miguel des Berrío, 1758, in the Museo Colonial Charcas de la Universidad San Francisco Xavier, Sucre / Bolivia.
The Appearance Trailer (1996)
14 July 1996
An advertising agency has to pitch a marketing concept to an optician's consortium, represented by the manager who is the first to see the campaign.
Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser Trailer (1986)
01 May 1986
Harun Farocki sits down with Vilém Flusser to discuss the front page of the German tabloid newspaper Bild Zeitung.
The Expression of Hands Trailer (1997)
07 September 1997
Historically, the cinema close-up was initially employed to convey emotions through facial expressions.
The Inextinguishable Fire Trailer (1969)
26 July 1969
An austere treatise on the military-industrial complex that produces napalm.
Deep Play Trailer (2007)
01 January 2007
Harun Farocki’s work Deep Play is made up of various perspectives on the final of the 2006 World Cup.
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika Trailer (1983)
13 November 1983
This film is at once a self-portrait and an homage to Jean-Marie Straub, Farocki's role model and former teacher at the Film Academy.
How to Live in the German Federal Republic Trailer (1990)
09 February 1990
A series of 32 short scenes, uniformly set in West German instructional and training classes, that show various tasks among the citizenry being done solely as the result of exhaustive preparation - everything from women preparing to give birth, to strippers stripping, to policemen making arrests.
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam Trailer (1982)
24 January 1982
An unconventional essay film that interrogates the visual and ideological legacy of the Vietnam War. Blending staged scenes, archival footage, photographs, and philosophical dialogue, the film follows various characters — including an American soldier captured by North Vietnamese villagers — as they reflect on violence, memory, and image-making.
Bedtime Stories: Bridges Trailer (1977)
01 January 1977
"As if pictures could think! Einschlafgeschichten doesn't really speak of bridges or railroads but rather of two girls filling the space between daytime and dreamtime with a poetic game, an endless game, a game with no end.
Remember Tomorrow is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life Trailer (2025)
28 September 2025
“Farocki’s ten-minute short film is composed of shots of an AFN DJ at work…and of a car ride, whereby the camera points out of the car (through the windscreen or the side windows) or it captures and tracks a passing car.
Serious Games 1–4 Trailer (2011)
29 June 2011
Harun Farocki: Serious Games I–IV (2009–10) explores the use of virtual reality and gaming technology in U.
As You See Trailer (1986)
06 June 1986
In 'As You See', Farocki searches for those instances and facts in the history of technology that have been overlooked or ignored, also exploring the ambivalent relationship between technologies developed for civil use and those designed for military purposes.
Workers Leaving the Factory Trailer (1995)
02 April 1995
Using one of the Lumière Brothers' first films of workers leaving the Factory as his starting point, Farocki provides an insight to changes in industrial production, workers' strikes and motion pictures-- via images of workers leaving factories throughout the years.
I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts Trailer (2000)
06 August 2000
Images from the maximum-security prison in Corcoran, California. A surveillance camera shows a pie-shaped segment of the concrete yard where the prisoners, dressed in shorts and mostly shirtless, are allowed to spend half an hour a day.
Eye / Machine III Trailer (2003)
01 January 2003
The third part of the Eye/Machine cycle structures the material around the concept of the operational image.
Die Teilung aller Tage Trailer (1970)
17 April 1970
A worker is sitting at a conveyor belt on which light bulbs are coming in at regular intervals. He takes the light bulbs from the conveyor belt and inserts them into a testing device.
Navy Cut Trailer (1993)
18 February 1993
The revolution is as good as over, but the captain wants to send his crew into one last battle. Before this can happen, however, he is murdered.
An Image Trailer (1983)
12 September 1983
A documentation during four days of the creation of a Playboy magazine centerfold photograph from start to finish.
Nothing Ventured Trailer (2004)
21 October 2004
What venture capital or VC for short actually means is explained in the film itself. Banks only lend money against collateral.
Make Up Trailer (2025)
28 September 2025
“The make-up artist Serge Lutens is shown covering a model’s face with powder then working it into her face over several minutes.
Am Rand der Städte Trailer (2006)
16 February 2006
Documentary about turkish expats returning to Turkey.
The Creators of the Shopping Worlds Trailer (2001)
11 August 2001
A look at how mall producers design malls in order to maximise traffic and sales.
Wochenschau I: Requiem für eine Firma Trailer (1969)
01 October 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.
Everybody a Berliner Kindl Trailer (1966)
31 December 1966
Advertising posters for the Berliner Kindl brewery in the stands of Berlin’s sports arena show beer drinkers through the ages, from an organ-grinder at the turn of the 20th century to a fashionable "Beatle wannabe".
Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets Trailer (1969)
01 January 1969
According to Fritz J. Raddatz, Rosa Luxemburg cried when she read Marx's concept of value. I was just as disappointed by the Cine-Tracts made in May 1968 in Paris and shown shortly afterwards in Berlin.
Their Newspapers Trailer (1968)
30 June 1968
Ihre Zeitungen is a political film rooted in the 1968 student campaign against the Springer press group, which controlled popular dailies such as the Berliner Zeitung and the Bild Zeitung.
In Comparison Trailer (2009)
09 February 2009
In Comparison revisits issues explored in the director's 2007 two channel installation Comparison Via a Third.
War at a Distance Trailer (2003)
02 March 2003
In 1991, when images of the Gulf War flooded the international media, it was virtually impossible to distinguish between real pictures and those generated on computer.
On Construction of Griffith’s Films Trailer (2006)
01 January 2006
In On Construction of Griffith' Films we picked a sequence from Griffith Intolerance (1916). It shows a dialogue between a man and a woman, filmed and edited as shot and counter shot.
Two Paths Trailer (1966)
31 March 1966
This short piece for the television station Sender Freies Berlin (SFB) is highly relevant to Farocki's later work.
Image und Umsatz, oder: Wie kann man einen Schuh darstellen? Trailer (1989)
29 August 1989
An ad agency creates a new campaign for a shoe company.
The Interview Trailer (1997)
18 February 1997
In the summer of 1996, Farocki filmed application training courses in which one learns how to apply for a job.
Es stirbt allerdings ein jeder, fragt sich nur wie und wie Du gelebt hast (Holger Meins) Trailer (1976)
01 January 1976
A look into the life of Holger Meins, the German cinematography student who became a revolutionary and a prominent voice in the Vietnam War protest movement.
Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Harun Farocki Trailer (2005)
04 March 2005
Among the "political" filmmakers who got their start in the student movement, Harun Farocki is perhaps the most formally brilliant and conscious, and today he is exploring new documentary territory with his video installations.
A New Product Trailer (2012)
21 June 2012
A New Product is a corporate documentary, or, that is, a document of corporate qualities; specifically about what seems to be a small company whose purpose is to consult and design working spaces for larger corporations, exemplified by Vodafone and Unilever.
A Day in the Life of a Consumer Trailer (1993)
23 June 1993
The film shows one day from waking up in the morning all the way to waking up again the next morning.
What Farocki Taught Trailer (1998)
31 December 1998
A English-language remake of the German film "Nicht löschbares Feuer" (1969).
Serious Games 3 – Immersion Trailer (2010)
01 January 2010
An exploration of how the U.S. military employs video game technology to train troops for war. In Immersion, Farocki presents footage of a role-playing exercise in which military psychologists demonstrate how to use the PTSD program on their colleagues, who describe traumatic wartime experiences.
Deutsche Polizisten: Viele Kulturen - eine Truppe Trailer (1999)
28 July 1999
A documentary film about a Berlin police unit comprised of five former foreign nationals. Their primary areas of operation are neighborhoods with a high immigrant population.
A Picture of Sarah Schumann Trailer (1978)
01 April 1978
This Harun Farocki film shows the creation of a picture on which the artist worked for nine weeks. Sarah Schumann lives in Berlin and is a pioneer of the feminist scene.
Serious Games 2 – Three Dead Trailer (2010)
01 January 2010
An exploration of how the U.S. military employs video game technology to train troops for war. Three Dead depicts a military exercise within a mock Iraqi town built on the outskirts of Twentynine Palms, California, blurring the line between computer simulation and reality.
Bedtime Stories: Railways Trailer (1977)
01 January 1977
"As if pictures could think! Einschlafgeschichten doesn't really speak of bridges or railroads but rather of two girls filling the space between daytime and dreamtime with a poetic game, an endless game, a game with no end.
As If We Were Somebody Else Trailer (2015)
01 October 2015
15-year-old Nike is torn between her wish of belonging to the cool clique around her friend Jess and individual autonomy, which to her is represented by her new friend Lea.
Parallel I–IV Trailer (2014)
01 February 2014
Cinema’s onscreen worlds have always borne an indexical bond to the real. What happens when computer-generated video game images usurp film as the predominant medium of visual world-making? How does one’s relation to onscreen heroes shift when we no longer identify with real bodies? Harun Farocki’s four-part Parallel I–IV (2012–14) takes up these questions, tracing how, in just over 30 years, video games have developed from two-dimensional schematics to photorealistic environments.
Counter-Music Trailer (2004)
08 September 2004
The city today is as rationalised and regulated as a production process. The images which today determine the day of the city are operative images, control images.
Confusion Trailer (2017)
18 December 2017
Homewreckers' Music Video of "Confusion" directed by Harun Farocki. Image were recycled and edited from Farocki's previous work "Parallel".
Camera and Reality Trailer (1992)
07 December 1992
Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujica discuss the visual material of the 1989 Romanian revolution they used for Videogramme einer Revolution (1992) in a round table discussion with Andrei Pleșu, Romania’s first cultural minister after the revolution, and media scholars Friedrich Kittler, Manfred Schneider and Peter M.