Workers Leaving the Factory

Using one of the Lumière Brothers' first films of workers leaving the Factory as his starting point, Farocki provides an insight to changes in industrial production, workers' strikes and motion pictures-- via images of w

How the Berlin Worker Lives

This documentary shows how the Berliner workers lived in 1930. The director Slatan Dudow shows through images: a) the workers leaving the factory; b) the raise of the rents; c) the "unpleasant" guest, meaning the justice

Arbeiter verlassen das Leitzwerk

With these documentary photographs, Oskar Barnack paid tribute to the Lumière brothers by also photographing workers leaving the factory, this time at the Leitz Works in Wetzlar.

Ein Film über den Arbeiter

Autobiographical documentary.

Für ausländische und deutsche Arbeiter

Montage of several photos of the work process of a Turkish guest worker.

Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 2. Teil

Short film about queer left-wing people in West Berlin.

Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 1. Teil

Short film about queer left-wing people in West Berlin.

Workers Leaving the Factory (again)

Katharina Gruzei combines a sociopolitical issue and a precise formal concept, which is rare in experimental film. Inspired by the Lumière brothers’ first film, La sortie de l’usine Lumière à Lyon, which shows a large nu

MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema

Legendary British actor Michael Caine, who began his brilliant career on stage during the 1950s, talks about his private life, his work in film and the books he has written.

Der Nürnberger Parteitag der Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei

A film about the Nuremberg Party Congress of the NSDAP in 1929.

Billige Hände – ausländische Arbeiterinnen

Ahlbeck. Wilhelm II Visits a Working-Class Children's Home

"At the Baltic Sea spa town of Ahlbeck on the island of Usedom, Kaiser Wilhelm II becomes convinced that playing in the sand of the dunes is beneficial to the recuperation of children." - Edition Filmmuseum

For the Many – The Vienna Chamber of Labour

During the preparations for its 100th anniversary, the Chamber of Labor is accompanied and proves to be a unique contact point for the many people fighting for their rights.

"Wir machen unsere Filme selbst" Arbeiterfilm im Deutschland der zwanziger Jahre

Documentary about German proletarian films in the 1920s

Der Nachwelt eine Botschaft. Ein Arbeiterdichter

A portrait of the writer and former miner Günter Westerhoff

Arbeiterehe

Using the example of a migrant worker couple, the film aims to draw attention to the plight of many working-class marriages. The husband works the night shift, the wife works during the day. The film dispenses with any c

A Working Men's Club in Sheffield

A documentary of the town of Sheffield's main pub and the people who went there.

The Life Ahead of Us

Based on research by Ariane Chemin, this documentary tells the story of how French soldier Félix Mora recruited young Moroccans en masse for the mines of industrial France in the 1960s and 1970s as the French economy was

Wochenschau: Im Auftrag der Arbeiterbewegung. Gegeninformation im heißen Herbst aus Betrieben in Italien

"New tasks are emerging for filmmakers on behalf of the labour movement" – this early work by Gisela Tuchtenhagen, Wochenschau 4, was produced as a collective effort within the highly politicised DFFB (German Film and Te

1. Mai Weltfeiertag der Arbeiterklasse

Documentary about the "Blutmai" (Bloody Mai), a violent clash between communist protesters and the police on Mai 1. 1929.