Wolf-Eckart Bühler

A superb, moving and thrilling interview with American actor Sterling Hayden (1916-86), held in Besançon, France, on board a dilapidated barge, when he was 65 years old. An unparalleled portrait, in his own words and without any qualms, of a legendary Hollywood star, icon of film noir and the western, who was also a marine, an OSS agent, an anti-communist informer, a writer and a wandering sailor: the hero of his own life.

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.”

Documentary about Vietnam.

An issue of the magazine Kino 81, designed for the film department of WDR by staff of FILMKRITIK

A portrait cut for television using takes not used for the film “Leuchtturm des Chaos“. According to Bühler, the film was considered unsuitable: “A two-hour film with a drunk who constantly drinks and smokes in front of the camera and smokes hashish and speaks obscene words.”

Documentary about American filmmaker Leo Hurwitz.

Documentary about Italian musician and lawyer Paolo Conte.

Documentary about American filmmaker Abraham Polonsky.