- 2019
Joachim Gatti
FRANCE, HD, 16:9, COLOR, 1’30” No credits. IMAGE: Renato Berta. Text by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, from the preface to the Discours sur l’origine et les fondements de l’inégalité parmi les hommes (Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Men, 1755). CAMERA: Red One. Produced for Outrage et Rebellion, a collective film conceived by Nicole Brenez and Nathalie Hubert in response to the […]
- 2015
For Renato
Montage of one scene from Othon and set photos, made for a celebration of Renato Berta’s birthday at Stadtkino Basel on April 1, 2015.
- 2015
The Aquarium and the Nation
[Opening credits, white text on black] – L’Aquarium et la Nation – Film by Jean-Marie Straub – Text extracted from the novel by André Malraux, “Les Noyers de l’Altenburg” [“The Walnut Trees of Altenburg”] © Gallimard – Actors: Aimé Agnel and Christiane Veschambre – Image and editing: Christophe Clavert – Sound: Dimitri Haulet, Sound mix: Jean-Pierre Laforce, […]
- 2014
The Algerian War!
FRANCE, HD, 4:3, COLOR, 2′ [Opening credits, white text on black] – La Guerre d’Algérie! – Film by Jean-Marie Straub – Based on a story by Jean Sandretto (inexploré no. 23) – Cast: Christophe Clavert, Dimitri Haulet – Sound: Dimitri Haulet, image and editing: Christophe Clavert – Sound mix: Jean-Pierre Laforce – Assistants: Arnaud Dommerc, Barbara Ulrich, Giorgio […]
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Communists
SWITZERLAND/FRANCE, HD, 4:3, COLOR, 70′ [Opening credits, white text on black] – Kommunisten – Film by Jean-Marie Straub – For Jacques-Henri Michot and Giorgio Passerone – Based on the novel Le Temps du mépris by André Malraux, music: Hanns Eisler – Cast: Arnaud Dommerc, Jubarite Semaran, Gilles Pandel, Barbara Ulrich – Image and editing: Christophe Clavert, sound: Dimitri Haulet […]
- 2013
Concerning Venice
SWITZERLAND, HD, 4:3, COLOR/B&W, 22’39” [Opening credits, white text on black] – À propos de Venise (Geschichtsunterricht) – Film by Jean-Marie Straub – With Barbara Ulrich – Text by Maurice Barrès – Image and editing: Christophe Clavert – Sound: Dimitri Haulet – Sound mix: Jean-Pierre Laforce, Gaël Blondet, La Fémis – Assistants: Arnaud Dommerc, Gilles Pandel […]
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Dialogue of Shadows
FRANCE, HD, 4:3, COLOR/B&W, 28′ [Opening credits, white text on black] – Dialogue d’ombres, by Georges Bernanos, 1928 – Film by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub, 1954–2013 – With Barbara Ulrich, Belva Film – Françoise: Cornelia Geiser, Jacques: Bertrand Brouder – Image/editing: Renato Berta, Christophe Clavert – Sound: Dimitri Haulet – Andolfi production, Arnaud Dommerc – Assistant: Emilie […]
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The Death of Venice
FRANCE, HD, 4:3, COLOR, 2′ Commissioned by the Venice Film Festival for the omnibus film Future Reloaded. IMAGE: Christophe Clavert. CAMERA: Canon 5D. FIRST SCREENING: 2013 Venice Film Festival (September).
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A Tale by Michel de Montaigne
FRANCE, HD, 4:3, COLOR, 34′ [Opening credits, black text on white] – Un conte de Michel de Montaigne – Film by Jean-Marie Straub – With Barbara Ulrich – Camera, editing: Christophe Clavert, color timing: Jean-Marc Degardin – Sound: Jérôme Ayasse, sound mix: Jean-Pierre Laforce, Gaël Blondet – Production: Arnaud Dommerc, Andolfi, Straub-Huillet, Belva [End credits, white text on […]
- 2011
The Mother
ITALY, HD, 4:3, COLOR 20’9” (1ST VERSION, SUBTITLED IN GERMAN) 20’9” (2ND VERSION, SUBTITLED IN FRENCH) 19’38” (3RD VERSION, SUBTITLED IN ENGLISH) [Opening credits, black text on white] – Third version, Straub Huillet Films, Belva GmbH – Present – La madre – Dialogue by Cesare Pavese – Film by Jean-Marie Straub – Cast: Giovanna Daddi, Dario […]
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Jackals and Arabs
FRANCE, MINIDV, 4:3, COLOR 10’43” (1ST VERSION) 10’35” (2ND VERSION) [Opening credits, black text on white] – First version, Straub Huillet Films, Belva GmbH – Present – Schakale und Araber by Franz Kafka – [Music] György Kurtag [End credits, black text on white] – [Cast] Barbara Ulrich, Giorgio Passerone, Jubarite Semaran – [Camera] Christophe Clavert, Jean-Marc Degardin, Arnaud Dommerc – […]
- 2010
An Heir
FRANCE, MINIDV, 4:3, COLOR 20’23” (1ST VERSION) 21’5” (2ND VERSION) [Opening credits, white text on black] – Un héritier, first version – Film by Jean-Marie Straub – [Dialogue] Maurice Barrès – [Cast] Barbara Ulrich – Joseph Rottner, Jubarite Semaran – [Camera] Renato Berta, Christophe Clavert – [Sound] Dimitri Haulet, Julien Gonzalez – [Assistants] Arnaud Dommerc – Maurizio […]
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The Inconsolable One
ITALY, MINIDV, 4:3, COLOR 15′ (1ST VERSION) 15’17” (2ND VERSION) [Opening credits, white text on black] – L’Inconsolable, first version – Film by Jean-Marie Straub – [Dialogue] Cesare Pavese – [Cast] Giovanna Daddi, Andrea Bacci – [Camera] Renato Berta, Christophe Clavert – [Sound] Dimitri Haulet, Julien Gonzalez – [Assistants] Barbara Ulrich, Arnaud Dommerc – [Assistants] Giulio Bursi, […]
- 2009
Oh Supreme Light
[Opening credits, white text on black] First version, Dante, O somma luce, with Giorgio Passerone – Film by Jean-Marie Straub – [Image] Renato Berta, Jean-Paul Toraille, Arnaud Dommerc, Franck Ciochetti – [Sound] Jean-Pierre Duret, [Editing] Catherine Quesemand, [Sound Mix] Jean-Pierre Laforce – [Le Fresnoy] Florent Le Duc, Baptiste Evrand, Blandine Tourneux, Cyrille Lauwerier – [Producer] Barbara Ulrich – […]
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Corneille–Brecht
FRANCE, MINIDV, 4:3, COLOR 26’43” (VERSION A, SUBTITLED IN GERMAN) 26’27” (VERSION B, SUBTITLED IN FRENCH) 26’55” (VERSION C, SUBTITLED IN ENGLISH) [Opening credits, black text on white] – Cornelia Geiser, Jean-Marie Straub, Corneille–Brecht, Christophe Clavert, Jean-Claude Rousseau, Barbara Ulrich TEXT: Pierre Corneille, Horace (1640) and Othon (1664); Bertolt Brecht, Das Verhör des Lukullus (The Trial of Lucullus, 1940). […]
- 2008
The Witches, women among themselves
FRANCE/ITALY 35MM, 1.37:1, COLOR, DOLBY SRD, 21′ [Opening credits, black text on white, in French] – Le Streghe, Femmes entre elles – The first of the Dialogues With Leucò written by Cesare Pavese – Film by Jean-Marie Straub – [Image] Renato Berta, Jean-Paul Toraille, Irina Lubtchansky – [Sound] Jean-Pierre Duret, Jean-Pierre Laforce, Julien Sicart, Zaki Allal – [Assistants] […]
- 2007
Itinerary of Jean Bricard
FRANCE, 35MM, 1.37:1, B&W, DOLBY SRD, 40′ (2 VERSIONS) [Opening credits, handwritten, black text on white] – For Peter Nestler [Black text on white] – Itinéraire de Jean Bricard by Jean-Yves Petiteau – Film by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub [End credits, black text on white] – [Image] Irina Lubtchansky, William and Nicole, Jean-Paul Toraille – […]
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Artemide’s Knee
[Red handwriting on white in first version, blue in second version] – For Barbara [Opening credits, white text on black, in French] – Le Genou d’Artémide – Film by Jean-Marie Straub – [Text] Cesare Pavese – [Cast] Andrea Bacci, Dario Marconcini, Teatro Comunale di Buti – [Producer] Martine Marignac, Pierre Grise Productions – [Image] Renato Berta, Jean-Paul Toraille, Marion […]
- 2006
Europa 2005, 27 October
FRANCE, MINIDV, 4:3, COLOR, 10’30” Shot near the Clichy-sous-Bois power transformer where Zyed Benna and Bouna Traoré died from electrocution on October 27, 2005, while running from the police. Shot and edited by Jean-Claude Rousseau. ASSISTANT: Christophe Clavert. FIRSTSCREENING: Musée contemporain du Val-de-Marne (September 21, 2006), shown before a pre-release screening of Quei loro incontri; 2007 Toronto Film Festival, Wavelengths (September); Anthology […]
- 2005
These Encounters of Theirs
[Opening credits, white text on black, in French, preceded by a projection framing card] – Regione Toscana, Provincia di Pisa, Teatro comunale du Buti – “Il Seracino” Marcello Landi – Martine Marignac, Pierre Grise Productions – Centre National de la Cinématographie – Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts, Contemporains, Frédéric Papon, Christian Châtel, Jean-René Lorand, Blandine Tourneux – Production: Straub-Huillet […]
- 2003
A Visit to the Louvre
FRANCE/GERMANY, 35MM, 1.37:1, COLOR DOLBY SR, 48′ (1ST VERSION), 47′ (2ND VERSION) [Opening credits, black text on white, in French] – Joachim Gasquet – Une visite au Louvre – [Narration] Julie Koltaï – Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub – [Image] William Lubtchansky, Irina Lubtchansky, Jean-Paul Toraille – [Lighting] André Atellian, Jim Howe, Marc Romani – [Image] Renato Berta, […]
- 2002
Dolando
ITALY/FRANCE/GERMANY 35MM, 1.37:1, COLOR, DOLBY, 7′ [Opening credits] – Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub – [Image] Renato Berta, Jean-Paul Toraille, Marion Befve – [Sound] Jean-Pierre Duret, Dimitri Haulet, Jean-Pierre Laforce Film made during the production of Umiliati. Three shots showing Dolando Bernardini, an actor in the film, singing a capella a few verses of La Gerusalemme liberata by Torquato Tasso (Canto 19, strophes 11–12, […]
- 2002
Humiliated: …that nothing produced or touched by them, coming from their hands, proves free from the claim of some stranger
ITALY/FRANCE/GERMANY 35MM, 1.37:1, COLOR, DOLBY, 35′ For theatrical distribution, the film was released together with the previous one (see the entry on Le Retour du fils prodigue – Humiliés, 2001–2003).
- 2002
The Return of the Prodigal Son
ITALY/FRANCE/GERMANY 35MM, 1.37:1, COLOR, DOLBY, 29′ New version of shots 40 to 46 and 63 to 66 of Workers, Peasants, focusing on the character Spine.
- 2000
Workers, Peasants
ITALY/FRANCE, 35MM, 1.37:1, COLOR DTS (RECORDED IN MONO), 123′ [Opening credits, black text on white, in French] – Operai, contadini | Ouvriers, paysans | Arbeiter, Bauern – Characters, constellations and text by Elio Vittorini[White text on black] – Film by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub – [Image] Renato Berta, Jean-Paul Toraille [Marion Befve] – [Sound] […]
- 1998
Sicilia!
ITALY/FRANCE, 35MM, 1.37:1, B&W, 66′ [Opening credits, black text on white, in French] – For the marmoset and in memory of Barnabé the cat. J.-M.S. [White text on black] – Sicilia! – Film by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub 1998 – Assistants: Arnaud Maillet, Jean-Charles Fitoussi, Romano Guelfi, Andreas Teuchert – Photography: William Lubtchansky – […]
- 1996
From Today Until Tomorrow
GERMANY/FRANCE, 35MM, 1.37:1, B&W, 62′ [Pre-credit shot: pan over the orchestra and set] [Opening credits, white text on black, in German] – Von heute auf morgen – Opera in One Act by Arnold Schönberg – Conducted by Michael Gielen – Libretto Max Blonda 1929 [Shot of a wall with graffiti: “Wo liegt euer Lächeln begraben?!” […]
- 1994
Lothringen!
GERMANY/FRANCE, 35MM, 1.37:1, COLOR, 21′ [Opening credits, black text on white] – Lothringen! [White text on black] – Film by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub – Adapted from the novel Colette Baudoche by Maurice Barrès – Music by Franz Joseph Haydn [performed by the] Amadeus Quartet [End credits, white text on black] – Emmanuelle Straub […]
- 1991
The Antigone of Sophocles after Hölderlin’s Translation Adapted for the Stage by Brecht 1948
GERMANY/FRANCE, 35MM, 1.37:1, COLOR, 100′ [Opening credits] – Il Teatro di Segesta [Black text on white, in German] – Die Antigone des Sophokles nach der Hölderlinschen Übertragung für die Bühne bearbeitet von Brecht 1948 (Suhrkamp Verlag) – Film by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub 1991 – Assistants: Michael Esser, Hans Hurch, Francesco Ragusa, Daniele Rossi, […]
- 1989
Cézanne. Conversation with Joachim Gasquet
FRANCE/WEST GERMANY 35MM, 1.37:1, COLOR/B&W, 51′ [Opening credits, black text on white] – Cézanne – Dialogue avec Joachim Gasquet (Les éditions Bernheim-Jeune) [White text on black] – Film by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub – Photography: Henri Alekan – Lighting: Louis Cochet, Assistant: Hopi Lebel – Camera: Stefan Zimmer, Michael Esser, Moviecam by Cinécam, Argenteuil – Sound: […]
- 1988
Black Sin
WEST GERMANY, 35MM, 1.37:1, COLOR, 42’ [Pre-credits: two sculptures by Ernst Barlach: Mutter Erde (Mother Earth) and Der Rächer (The Avenger); opening credits, black text on white, in German] – Schwarze Sünde – Film by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub – Assistants: Francesco Ragusa, Michael Esser, Hans Hurch – Leo Mingrone, Arnold Schmidt, Roberto Palì – […]
- 1986
The Death of Empedocles or When the Green of the Earth Will Glisten for You Anew
WEST GERMANY/FRANCE 35MM, 1.37:1, COLOR, 132’ [Opening credits, black text on white, in German] – A French-German co-production of Janus-Film with Les Films du Losange – Co-financed by Hessischer Rundfunk, the Hamburger Filmförderung, the FFA and the CNC [White text on black] – Der Tod des Empedokles [Black text on white] – Tragedy in two acts by Friedrich […]
- 1985
Proposition in Four Parts
ITALY, VIDEO, 4:3, COLOR/B&W, 41’ [Opening credits, red handwriting on white, in Italian] – A proposition in four parts by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub [Titles preceding each section, in Italian] – 1. A Corner in Wheat, D.W. Griffith, 1909 [14’, in its entirety, silent] – 2. from Moses und Aron, Arnold Schoenberg, 1932, Straub-Huillet, 1974 – 3. […]
- 1983
Class Relations
WEST GERMANY/FRANCE, 35MM, 1.37:1, B&W, 130’ [Opening credits, white text on black, in German] – Klassenverhältnisse – Film by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub – Based on the novel by Franz Kafka, Der Verschollene (Amerika) (S. Fischer Verlag) [1911–14] – Camera: Willy Lubtchansky, Caroline Champetier, Christophe Pollock – Sound: Louis Hochet, Georges Vaglio, Manfred Blank – Lighting and […]
- 1982
En rachâchant
FRANCE, 35MM, 1.37:1, B&W, 7’ [Opening credits, black text on white, in French] – L’Institut National de l’Audiovisuel presents – En rachâchant – Text by Marguerite Duras – Film by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub – [Image] Henri Alekan, Louis Cochet – [Assistants] Dominique Gentil, Ariane Damain – [Sound] Louis Hochet, Manfred Blank [End credits] […]
- 1981
Too Early, Too Late
FRANCE/EGYPT, 16MM, 1.33:1, COLOR, 100’ [Opening credits, white text on black, location sound of bells and chirping] – Zu früh, zu spät, Trop tôt, trop tard, Too Early, Too Late, Troppo presto, troppo tardi – A: Friedrich Engels – [Script, direction, editing, production] Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub – [Photography] Willy Lubtchansky, Caroline Champetier – [Sound] Louis Hochet, Manfred […]
- 1978
From the Cloud to the Resistance
ITALY/WEST GERMANY, 35MM, 1.37:1, COLOR, 105’ [Opening credits, black text on white] – L’Institut National de l’Audiovisuel presents [in French; the rest of the credits are in Italian] – A production by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub – With RAI-TV, Rete 2, Janus Film & Fernsehen and Artificial Eye [White text on black] – Dalla nube alla resistenza […]
- 1977
Every Revolution is a Throw of the Dice
FRANCE, 35MM, 1.37:1, COLOR, 10’ [Opening credits, white text on black, in French] – Toute révolution est un coup de dés. (Jules Michelet) [Multicolored handwriting on white] – For Frans van de Staak, Jean Narboni, Jacques Rivette and some others. J.-M. S. May 77 [End credits, white text on black] – Photography: Willy Lubtchansky, Dominique Chapuis – […]
- 1976
Fortini/Cani
ITALY, 16MM, 1.33:1, COLOR, 83’ [Pre-credits, shot of the book cover] – Dissensi 5, Franco Fortini, I cani del Sinai, De Donato Editore [1967] [Opening credits, white text on black] – Film by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet – Franco Lattes [= Franco Fortini], Luciana Nissim, Adriano Aprà [End credits, white text on black] – Éclair-Coutant: Renato […]
- 1974
Moses and Aaron
AUSTRIA/WEST GERMANY/FRANCE/ITALY 35MM (TWO SHOTS ORIGINALLY IN 16MM) 1.37:1, COLOR, 105′ [Opening credits, black text on white, in German] – A co-production of Austrian Radio and Tele-vision and the ARD (including West Berlin) – Under the direction of Hessen Radio – Produced by Janus-Film & Fernsehen with financing from Straub-Huillet, RAI, ORTF and Taurus-Film – A German-French co-production of […]
- 1972
Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s “Accompaniment to a Cinematographic Scene”
WEST GERMANY, 16MM, 1.33:1, COLOR/B&W, 15′ [No opening credits; end credits, white text on red] – Einleitung zu Arnold Schoenbergs Begleitmusik zu einer Lichtspielscene – By Jean-Marie Straub with Günter Peter Straschek, Danièle Huillet and Peter Nestler – Photography: Renato Berta, Horst Bever; Lighting: Karl-Heinz Granek – Sound: Jeti Grigioni, Harald Lill; Sound Mixing: Adriano Taloni – Production: […]
- 1972
History Lessons
[Opening credits, black text on white, in German] – Adapted from the novel fragment Die Geschäfte des Herrn Julius Caesar [1937–39] by Bertolt Brecht – Geschichtsunterricht – Film by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet – Renato Berta, Emilio Bestetti, Image – Jeti Grigioni, Sound – Leo Mingrone, Sebastian Schadhauser, Benedikt Zulauf, Assistance [End credits, scrolling, black text on […]
- 1969
Eyes do not want to close at all times or Perhaps one day Rome will permit herself to choose in her turn
WEST GERMANY/ITALY, 16MM, 1.33:1, COLOR, 88′ [Opening credits, white text on black] – Les yeux ne veulent pas en tout temps se fermer – ou Peut-être qu’un jour Rome se permettra de choisir à son tour – Based on Othon [1664] by Pierre Corneille – Film by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet – Assisted by Leo Mingrone, […]
- 1968
The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp
WEST GERMANY, 35MM, 1.37:1, B&W, 23′ [Opening credits – white text over a shot of graffiti: “stupid old Germany I hate it over here I hope I can go soon Patricia 1.3.68”] – [With] Irm Hermann [Désirée], Kristin Peterson [Irene], Hanna Schygulla [Lucy], Peer Raben [Alt/Willy], Rudolf Waldemar Brem [Petrell] – James Powell [James] – Lilith Ungerer [Marie/Lilith], Rainer W. […]
- 1967
Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach
[Opening credits, white text on a black] – Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach – By Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub – With Gustav Leonhardt [Johann Sebastian Bach], Christiane Lang-Drewanz [Anna Magdalena Bach] – Paolo Carlini [Dr. Hölzel, advisor], Ernst Castelli [Steger, court advisor], Hans-Peter Boye [Born, advisor to the religious chapter], Joachim Wolf [rector], Rainer Kirchner [superintendent], Eckart Brüntjen [Kittler, […]
- 1965
Not Reconciled, or Only Violence Helps Where Violence Rules
[Opening credits, white text over a shot of Klingelpütz Prison and the monument to victims of the Gestapo, Cologne] – Nicht versöhnt oder Es hilft nur Gewalt, wo Gewalt herrscht – By Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub, based on the novel Billard um halbzehn [1959] by Heinrich Böll [White scrolling text over shot of Gerhard Marcks’ statue The Mourning Woman in […]
- 1962
Machorka-Muff
WEST GERMANY, 35MM, 1.37:1, B&W, 18′ [Opening credits in German, white text on black] – “Ein bildhaft abstrakter Traum, keine Geschichte. Jean-Marie Straub.” [“A metaphorically abstract dream, not a story.” – Handwritten] [Black text on white] – Atlas Filmverleih GmbH. presents – A film by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub – In the Cineropa-Film, Walter Krüttner Production […]
