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Directing
Helmut Wietz
Born June 28, 1945 · Altona, Hamburg, Germany (age 81)
No biography available.
Known For
Betrayed · 1985Betrayed
★ 9.01985
MovieDrama
A “film-noir” on double identity and role reversal. A man is looking for a woman to love. He finds her in a seedy bar and persuades her to marry him. The day she decides to flee… he kills her. To ward off suspicion, he moves in with the sister of the deceased.
Performances II · 1973Performances II
1973
Movie
A collection of performance works enacted for the camera. The performances focus on interventions on the human body, using feathers, hair and garment-like sculptures worn by a performer, and are set against a neutral background or an otherwise deserted outdoor location.
The Story Teller · 1989The Story Teller
★ 8.01989
MovieThriller
In this mystery/thriller based on a novel by Patricia Highsmith, Nico Thomkins (Udo Schenk), a writer, and his wife Helen (Anke Sevenich) are in the habit of playing games with one another. Even while they are breaking up, they are sufficiently in tune with one another to continue this practice. When the writer's wife takes off without leaving a note behind, people begin to suspect that he may have murdered her, and he plays along with this notion to the point of planting clues which would incriminate him. Obviously, no one with a shred of common sense would do such a thing, and these tricks get him into trouble. However, his troubles don't really begin until he starts to search for her in earnest.
I like America and America likes Me · 1974I like America and America likes Me
1974
Movie
In May 1974 Joseph Beuys flew to New York and was taken by ambulance to the site of the performance, a room in the René Block Gallery at 409 West Broadway. Beuys lay on the ambulance stretcher swathed in felt. He shared this room with a coyote, for eight hours over three days.
Ach Viola · 1971Ach Viola
1971
Movie
Experimental feature about a woman getting involved in radical politics.
The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors · 1975The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors
★ 5.91975
MovieDrama
In collage sequences, the surrogate of synthetic sensuality takes form and seduces the sailors in the guise of a Hawaiian girl. In ritual punctuation, she distributes deaths which seemingly only the hardy siren Fatality can survive.
Berlin 10. 11. 74 - 28. 1. 75: Exercises in 9 Pieces · 1975Berlin 10. 11. 74 - 28. 1. 75: Exercises in 9 Pieces
1975
Movie
A series of 9 performance art pieces and surrealist shorts created and primarily performed by Rebecca Horn.
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