Michael Ballhaus Movies

Filmmaker Jonas Mekas follows his friend, film director Martin Scorsese, and his cast and crew, through various locations during the shooting of his...

A documentary about the making of director Martin Scorsese's 1993 film adaptation of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Age of...

A group of people from the wealthy middle class in engage in quasi intellectual quarrels and discussions trying to find some meaning in their...

Ruby Dennis is an middle-aged man with an unfulfilled ambition as a singer. As he begins to pursue that ambition, his family falls apart.

An antique bed relates passionate stories about various people who have made love on it throughout the decades of the 20th century. Said folks...

Documentary about the shooting of BOURBON STREET BLUES.

Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips...

A documentary about the life of Karlheinz Böhm from his film career to his charity activities in Ethiopia.

After the death of her abusive father, lonely librarian Martha finds herself caught up in a strange, sadomasochistic relationship with a monstrous...

One of Germany's stars of cinematography, embarks on the journey through his life. The film begins in the US and Hollywood - where Ballhaus...

The bandoneon player Daniel and the boxer Toni arrive independently from each other in a provincial town in Latin America where they are booked to...

Poetic fable about the sophisticated rape of civil rights by a totalitarian power. The orderly existence of Peter O'Hey and his family is shaken one...

In 1930s New York, a group of bored wealthy women convene in social situations and converse about their husbands and/or lovers.

Short documentary on the making of Francis Ford Coppola's "Dracula" (1992).

This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German...

“Grotesque dancer” Valeska Gert speaks with inimitable repartee and typical Berlin brashness about her scandals and the people she met....

Film extras take possession of a bogus film production company and acting as ideal world of film to persuade one associates mother-in-law of marriage.