Werner Penzel

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Werner Penzel was a German director and documentary filmmaker.

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Total trailers found: 16

Step Across the Border Trailer (1990)

18 May 1990

An avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith.

The King of the Candle Trailer (1982)

01 January 1982

Filming of the historical montage of Oswald de Andrade's play, where decadent millionaires, depraved children, corrupt and implacable capitalists are the characters interpreted by the Grupo Oficina, in a celebrated theatrical performance from 1967, fundamentally recorded in 1971 and released only in the 1980s.

Fragments d'ici Trailer (2002)

02 January 2002

Johann le Guillerm, the tightrope walker who had become one of the main characters in Middle of the Moment, decided to found a new circus and called it “Cirque Ici.

Over Night Trailer (1973)

09 February 1973

A film by Karin Thome.

Zen for Nothing Trailer (2016)

02 June 2016

Hidden in the wooded mountains on the west coast of Japan lies the small Zen monastery Antaiji. A young woman sets off to immerse herself through autumn, winter and spring in the adventures of monastic life.

Not Like Before Trailer (2005)

10 May 2005

From January to November 2004, as a kind of carnet de voyage alongside our other activities, we asked one and the same question of various people we met on our journeys, including friends: "Do you remember a moment in your life when something really changed?" We requested them to tell us a story to illustrate their reply, and we filmed them.

Lucie et Maintenant Trailer (2007)

01 April 2007

In May of 1982 Julio Cortázar, the Argentinean writer and his companion in life, Carol Dunlop set out in their VW bus on a journey along the highway from Paris to Marseille that, for each of them, was to be their final one.

Lax Readings Trailer (2006)

12 June 2006

The space of a voice gives what is said its real meaning. In it you can feel what is actually behind the words.

My Eye Your Eye Trailer (1999)

01 January 1999

Filmed in Patmos in May 1999, this is Robert Lax’s last year in Greece, roughly his last year of life.

Null Sonne No Point Trailer (1997)

02 January 1997

The musicians of the ‚Art Ensemble of Chicago’ have been performing their portrayal of jazz from past and present since 1967, not unlike a journey backwards in time aroused by an ancestral call to the myths of Africa.

Adios al odio - Abschied vom Hass Trailer (1988)

27 July 1988

Documentary by Werner Penzel.

Brother Yusef Trailer (2005)

01 April 2005

The path to Yusef Lateef was a journey into the unknown. We were aware that he is one of the great maestros of jazz and one of the last of his generation still alive.

Why Should I Buy A Bed When All That I Want Is Sleep? Trailer (1999)

05 August 1999

Robert Lax (1915-2000) was a poet with a singular vision and style whose quest to live an authentic life as both an artist and a spiritual seeker inspired Thomas Merton, Jack Kerouac, William Maxwell and countless others.

Augenblick Trailer (1998)

11 October 1998

In 1996, cinematographer Helge Weindler died in Almeria, Spain, while shooting his wife Doris Dörrie's new film.

Middle of the Moment Trailer (1995)

02 November 1995

Filmmakers Nicolaus Humbert and Werner Penzel examine the nature of nomadic existence in this documentary, from the literal nomads of North Africa to the more metaphorical kind of wanderer, such as American poet and ex-pat Robert Lax.

Vagabond's Band Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

In 1979, krautrock group Embryo toured Iran, Afghanistan and India by bus, while performing with local musicians and documenting their trip.