Films by Ulrike Ottinger

France, Germany 2020, 129 min
by Ulrike Ottinger

In the tradition of the flanérie she seeks places that were significant for her personally as well as for the 1960s. In Fritz Picard's Librairie Calligrammes, she meets German and French avant-gardists from literature and art. The Cinémathèque Française becomes a special attraction for her. Here she saw films by the Nouvelle Vague, Independents from the USA, from Asian countries, the Soviet republics, from Africa and the Magreb and also film history. The love for cinema had flared up.Paris was n

2016, 720 min
by Ulrike Ottinger

Ulrike Ottinger’s latest film Chamisso’s Shadow brought her to remote regions of the Bering Sea. The wind, waves, and an interest in the people took her to the Kamchatka and Chukchi Peninsulas, Alaska, and the Aleutian Islands. Here, far in the north, the Eurasian and the North American continent meet, offering the eye spectacular ocean and volcanic landscapes with related ethnicities and cultures that are shaped by a long story of colonial oppression and yet have maintained elements of their in

Germany 2011, 103 min
by Ulrike Ottinger

In the Japanese region Echigo, the locals live with and under the heavy snow fall half of the year. Because of this they have developed their own customs of everyday life, festivals, and religious rituals. In a poetic way Ulrike Ottinger leads us into the reality of the snow landscape with its beauty and austere living conditions, follows the mythical tracks of the "gods of paths and roads" and mountain spirits, and places us within the fairytale world of a beautiful fox and her lover.

2008, 82 min
by Ulrike Ottinger

When I opened a Korean email in fall 2007 I didn't imagine that I would soon be opening a well-stocked miracle box, the inspiring contents of which would become a film: THE KOREAN WEDDING CHEST. Even though (or especially because) this carefully packed, filled, and tied-up wooden chest was assembled according to the rules of an honored tradition, it offers a remarkable insight into and overview of modern Korean society. I was inspired to look more closely at the old and new rituals to determin

2007, 104 min
by Ulrike Ottinger

The breathtaking images in Ulrike Ottinger’s Prater plunge each and every spectator into their own universe of desires and sensations. The film brings together the cultural history of the oldest amusement park in the world with brilliant insights into the changeability of technological attractions. We are introduced to the people for whom the Prater is a place of amusement, memory, or quite simply the center of life. Vienna’s Prater is a desire-machine. With the latest space travel technologies