Fiction Factory Filmproduktion Movies

In retracing the making of FEDORA, Robert Fischer’s documentary SWAN SONG: THE STORY OF BILLY WILDERʼS FEDORA adds yet another layer of...

Don Siegel’s classic crime thriller "Charley Varrick," made in 1972 in the wake of the immensely successful "Dirty Harry," stars Walter...

Allison Anders talks about her love for the work of film director Douglas Sirk.

Joseph Wambaugh wrote his first novel 'The New Centurions' while still active as a member of the Los Angeles Police Department, and his fact-based,...

New interviews with star Jean-Pierre Kalfon; writer/director and Rivette collaborator Pascal Bonitzer; Rivette biographer Antoine de Baecque;...

Welles scholar Joseph McBride discusses the 1952 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play. (A 32-minute edit of this documentary was presented...

For over half a century, the filmmaker Edgar Reitz, one of the signatories of the Oberhausen Manifesto and a pioneer of epic film narration, has...

This absolutely top-notch documentary by Robert Fischer is a fascinating look back at not just the film in question, but Fassbinder's meteoric career...

A documentary on the 1973 Sam Fuller film Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street.

In June 2015, forty-five years after OUT 1 was made, the filmmakers went to Paris to interview cast and crew members and to revisit some of the...

The story behind the novel and the film Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo.

Documentary interview the director Ted Kotcheff on his film 'Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?'

Kathryn Bigelow talks about the work of film director Douglas Sirk.

This brand new documentary takes a closer look at the production history, unique style, and lasting appeal of Fat City, as well as Leonard Gardner's...

Film scholar Jan-Christopher Horak discusses Pabst's 1930 film "Westfront 1918".

The son of film director von Sternberg discusses his father.

In an archival interview filmed in 1989, Daniel Gélin discusses his work on Max Ophuls' 1952 film LE PLAISIR.

Screenwriter Robert Blees (1918-2015) recalls his arrival in Hollywood in the early 1940s and discusses his collaboration with Douglas Sirk on...

In an archival interview filmed in 1989, Robert Christidès discusses his work on Max Ophuls' 1952 film LE PLAISIR.

Feature-length interview film with Bernhard Sinkel about his four-part film 'Fathers and Sons' (1986).