Hans Noever

Documentary about filmmakers of the New German Cinema who were members of the legendary Filmverlag für Autoren (Film Publishing House for Authors). Among them are Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Wim Wenders.

Elser, employee and bearer of secrets in a public institute, throws everything away and disappears, so he is suspected of treason. But he is on a trip to Finland, where he falls in love with Rosa and tries to start a new life with her.

Mattress dealer Moses Köhler, plagued by customer complaints of insomnia, skips early to a Cologne fair to study sleep habits. Concluding that modern life itself causes sleeplessness, he conceives the “disposable bed,” becoming the unlikely prophet of his own dream-induced nightmare.

A former bank clerk conceives a one-man robbery at the bank he works. He had before established an alibi for himself pretending and declaring him legally dead. Further complications ensue when he rejoins his estranged wife.

Three actors portray scenes from the life of Sterling Hayden, with a particular focus on his appearance before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Inspired by Hayden’s memoir “Wanderer.”

Reel 17 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.

After years at sea, a young man returns to St. Pauli, where he is ruined by his mother's unkindness and social resistance.

Mattress dealer Moses Köhler, plagued by customer complaints of insomnia, skips early to a Cologne fair to study sleep habits. Concluding that modern life itself causes sleeplessness, he conceives the “disposable bed,” becoming the unlikely prophet of his own dream-induced nightmare.

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