Arbeit

Essay film about Europe's financial crisis.

Work and Structure

When writer Wolfgang Herrndorf learns that he is terminally ill, he throws himself into his work with feverish discipline and, between surgeries, chemotherapy, and the fear of death, writes the greatest success of his li

The Jobcentre

„Alone against the mob? Solo against the jobcentre? Classic suicide mission.” That much Mr Berger knows, working at the jobcentre phone support line. But fortunately, Marie is not alone, after she loses her job aged 58.

Sweeper's Pride

Night after night Bodo sweeps the empty city streets. Dirty work that no one notices. Attracted by electronic basses and gleaming lights he comes across a vernissage. A strange world in which he makes a familiar discover

Hat er Arbeit?

The shipyard in Boizenburg is where welder Karl and his friends and relatives work. Rumours about the traditional company's financial difficulties are circulating, but the young people are initially unfazed. However, the

Ai Shinozaki: Arbeit now!

Nuhr auf Arbeit

Nach der Arbeit

A reflection on retirement, the transition into this particular new phase of life and the significance and insignificance of work.

Full Employment

The revolutionary new government program allows young people to assist the elderly in carrying out their occupational responsibilities, even when said duty is...out of the ordinary.

Arbeit und Fortschritt

Arbeit Macht Frei

The film Arbeit Macht Frei (Work Makes Free) was conceived after the performance 'And For Today Nothing' which took place at Gallery House Goethe Institute in London in 1972. The words Arbeit Macht Frei were wrought in i

Heimat ist Arbeit

Displaced persons in post-war Germany: The situation of refugees and displaced persons from the East is portrayed using the example of four fictional fates.

Arbeit Heimat Opel

Labour in a Single Shot

A few years ago, German artists Antje Ehmann and Harun Farocki conducted workshops on the subject of work in 15 cities around the world. The result was the creation of 400 short films depicting various faces of work in t

Arbeit Macht Frei

Based on the life of Marcel Najari.

Victory of Labour

A documentary looking at the manufacture of racing car parts in the factories of Mercedes, Auto Union, Continental and Bosch in Germany. It also features actuality from the 1939 Ehrenpreis des fuhrers at the Nurburgring,

Bundestag - Demokratie als Arbeit

The German Bundestag (parliament) is the political heart of the Federal Republic of Germany - a highly symbolic place loaded with expectations. We accompany four members of the Bundestag through their everyday routines,

Erst die Arbeit und dann?

Gerhart Ramm is a simple minded farmer's son with much an interest what life means downtown. When he tries to spend the night in Hamburg, he gets no attention at first. But there is Chantalle who is kind of amused by Ger

Die Arbeit des deutschen Eisenbahners

High on Work

A classical steel and rolling mill looks like an alchemical workshop. The project of industrialization went far beyond its original goals with regard to what could actually be marketed. Mighty architectural monuments of