Films by Thomas von Steinaecker

2022, 103 min
by Thomas von Steinaecker

“Nothing is typical for Werner, only the atypical is typical for him.” This is just one of many attempts to characterize Werner Herzog. Documentary filmmaker Thomas von Steinaecker spoke to actors, directors, directors of photography and producers who have worked with Herzog over his long career—including directors Chloé Zhao, Joshua Oppenheimer and Wim Wenders, singer Patti Smith and actors Nicole Kidman, Christian Bale and Robert Pattinson.We also hear from Herzog himself, with extraordinary a

Germany 2021, 52 min
by Thomas von Steinaecker

Whether avant-garde, techno or hip hop – electronic music is now a driving force from contemporary classical music to pop. It has almost been forgotten that its sources can be found in Paris and Cologne, where, amongst others, the Studio d'Es-sai in Paris and later, the Electronic Studio under Karlheinz Stockhausen became centres of the avant-garde. This is the story of how rooms full of bizarre equipment were able to become miraculous places whose vibrations set the whole world abuzz.With the p

Germany 2020, 52 min
by Thomas von Steinaecker

In the first half of the 20th century Arturo Toscanini and Wilhelm Furtwängler were revered like todays popstars. When in 1931 both of them conducted at the Bayreuth Festival it was a magical moment, the stuff of legends. But soon the polite rivalry turned into bitter enmity. Both men were forced to take a stance on fascism in their respective countries – and chose radically different paths.The documentary not only opens up the different musical worlds of the two great conductors by re-tracing t