Vlado Kristl Movies

  • 1965
    ...Geist und ein wenig Glück

    ...Geist und ein wenig Glück

    ...Geist und ein wenig Glück

    01965HD

    Documentary about the current state of German cinema. Produced for German television.

    ...Geist und ein wenig Glück
  • 1967
    Neuer Deutscher Film Report

    Neuer Deutscher Film Report

    Neuer Deutscher Film Report

    91967HD

    Interview film with the protagonists of the New German Cinema in 1966.

    Neuer Deutscher Film Report
  • 1959
    Theft of Jewels

    Theft of Jewels

    Theft of Jewels

    01959HD

    Satirical cartoon featuring a jewel robbery.

    Theft of Jewels
  • 1966
    Prometheus

    Prometheus

    Prometheus

    01966HD

    Allegory of men's use of fire to kill, when it was given by Prometheus to help them.

    Prometheus
  • 1959
    All the Drawings of the Town

    All the Drawings of the Town

    All the Drawings of the Town

    01959HD

    The boy and the girl are suddenly separated from the picture book by a hand, which tears off a page from the book and makes a paper airplane in which...

    All the Drawings of the Town
  • 1964
    The Pot

    The Pot

    The Pot

    91964HD

    Allegory of a man who leads the people to destruction and then is reborn to recommence the cycle.

    The Pot
  • 1963
    Madeleine, Madeleine

    Madeleine, Madeleine

    Madeleine, Madeleine

    91963HD

    Confusion results when a young man walking through a park joins in a game of tennis.

    Madeleine, Madeleine
  • 1994
    One Half of Wealth for One Half of Beauty

    One Half of Wealth for One Half of Beauty

    One Half of Wealth for One Half of Beauty

    01994HD

    Anything that complies with standards is a wasted effort to Vlado Kristl: 'I believe in only doing those things that decompose and tear conventional...

    One Half of Wealth for One Half of Beauty
  • 1962
    The General

    The General

    The General

    91962HD

    Kristl plays a prisoner who can smile only when he sees The General.

    The General
  • 1963
    Poor People

    Poor People

    Poor People

    91963HD

    Kristl was a member of the prestigious Zagreb Studio of Animation and his early works as painter and filmmaker had brought him instant acclaim and...

    Poor People
  • 1966
    The Letter

    The Letter

    The Letter

    101966HD

    T. finds a letter. Instead of just dropping it in a mailbox, he decides, conscientious as he is, to deliver it personally. He wanders the entire...

    The Letter
  • 1962
    Don Quixote

    Don Quixote

    Don Quixote

    4.91962HD

    "Don Kihot" is a satirical, Klee-esque meditation about Don Quijote in the contemporary militaristic and regimentistic world.

    Don Quixote
  • 1960
    Shagreen Leather

    Shagreen Leather

    Shagreen Leather

    81960HD

    Poor and unhappy, Rafael leaves Pauline and tries his luck at the roulette, but loses his last coin. Fate gifts him with the miraculous "Shagreen...

    Shagreen Leather
  • 2002
    Art Is Only Outside Human Society

    Art Is Only Outside Human Society

    Art Is Only Outside Human Society

    02002HD

    Vlado Kristl rejected the word anarchy. Nor did he like the word utopia, nor the term experimental film. As a matter of fact, he didn't like any...

    Art Is Only Outside Human Society
  • 1970
    Film or Power

    Film or Power

    Film or Power

    01970HD

    Zagreb-born artist Vlado Kristl (1923-2004) was the most radical of the German auteur filmmakers. This is an anakofilm.

    Film or Power
  • 1984
    Tod dem Zuschauer

    Tod dem Zuschauer

    Tod dem Zuschauer

    01984HD

    Observations of a man and a dog in a Hamburg street. Mass society did not arise because there are many people today, but because the media turned...

    Tod dem Zuschauer
  • 1982
    Die Verräter des Jungen deutschen Films schlafen nicht!

    Die Verräter des Jungen deutschen Films schlafen nicht!

    Die Verräter des Jungen deutschen Films schlafen nicht!

    01982HD

    An idyll, "for GAL": a pond, a desk, a farm, a kitchen—and storks, lots of them. Colored, which brings to mind "coloratura." An idyll? Isn't...

    Die Verräter des Jungen deutschen Films schlafen nicht!
  • 1990
    School of the Postmodern

    School of the Postmodern

    School of the Postmodern

    01990HD

    Postmodernism also has to be seen as a system, one that is acknowledged, one with which one can create houses, locomotives, films, everything... That...

    School of the Postmodern
  • 1967
    Utopia

    Utopia

    Utopia

    01967HD

    Cartoon showing the "Utopes" - talented, unconventional, double-faced creatures. They are split by a uniformed man with a sabre - individually forced...

    Utopia
  • 1993
    When People Were Still Living for Personal Reasons

    When People Were Still Living for Personal Reasons

    When People Were Still Living for Personal Reasons

    01993HD

    The friends of humanity: the painter, the musician, the poet and the prima ballerina - and all others are the enemies of humanity. -Vlado Kristl

    When People Were Still Living for Personal Reasons