Herbert Achternbusch Movies

Munich Heinz and Herbert wants to escape the torturous confines of their home by swimming across the Atlantic.

The foehn researcher paints watercolors in which he documents the state of the world and records his visions of what is happening, while he berates...

An adaptation of the Henry James short story Les raisons de Georgina.

Comedy shot without a script on Super-8mm as a silent film, with intertitles later inserted between scenes. What unfolds is a familiar Achternbusch...

A portrait of Attwenger, the duo from Upper Austria (Markus Binder and Hans-Peter Falkner). The attempt to unite the worlds of Austrian folk music...

Several comedy situations are strung together for this offbeat satire. An unassuming businesswoman is discovered to be the mastermind behind a...

A renowned and sensitive poet and writer is fed up with the crudenesses of his native Bavaria and, in a well-publicized move, says he refuses even to...

An anxious teacher (played, as is the lead role in all his films, by the director) sits in a beer garden on the hill of the Andechs monastery. While...

Short film by Herbert Achternbusch

Documentary about the Maximilianstraße in Munich.

Herbert Achternbusch's poetic travel diary assembles images and monologues from a trip to China.

Short film by Herbert Achternbusch

Hick's Last Stand.