Franziska Walser Movies
- 1990
For fans of history, this glimpse of Munich society in the 1920s will be a much-treasured event. The story revolves around an art-gallery manager who puts on a show featuring the scandalous works of a woman artist who committed suicide. He is unjustly accused of having committed adultery with her, and for some reason the authorities decide to make an example of him. He is imprisoned at about the same time that Hitler and the nascent Nazi party attempt the infamous Beer Hall Putsch, and the gallery manager's girlfriend and a Swiss writer valiantly (and unsuccessfully) attempt to get better justice for him. Nobody in authority, it seems, has the courage to take up the challenge of righting this particular injustice. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bruno Ganz, Franziska Walser, (more)
- 1989
The town of Weiszenberg, Austria is thrown into economic turmoil when the local textile plant is closed in 1933. Although a fictionalized and plodding drama, this feature is based on extensive research about the unemployment of the area and the factors that led to the real-life plant closing. The region becomes another casualty of the Great Depression that also serves as a fertile breeding ground for extremist movements fueled by intolerance and aggravated by racism and poverty. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Franziska Walser, Nicolas Brieger, (more)
- 1978
This provocative film anthology contains nine short fiction and documentary films believed to have had great influence on the development of New German Cinema. Each of the five was directed by a different German filmmaker and are set during the politically tempestuous summer of 1977 in West Germany when terrorism ran rampant. Filmmakers include Fassbinder, Boll, Schlondorff, Sinkel, Kluge (who narrates) and more. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Caroline Chaniolleau
