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Herbert Achternbusch
Director

Herbert Achternbusch

23 Nov 1938Born
10 Jan 2022Died
83Age at death
33Credits

Biography

Writer, actor, and German filmmaker born in Munich in 1938. He spent his childhood and youth in Bavaria, region which remains until today its major source of artistic inspiration. Their activity is very diverse: he has composed pieces for theater and radio scripts, translator, painter and sculptor. As different as his artistic activities is his work, and therefore difficult to classify.

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In the world of cinema, his career fits approaches independent, mostly defined by a position too personalistic, provocative, that has left a deep imprint on works eminently conceptual and avant-garde, as well as suggesting in criticism of the subjects addressed (religion, society, geographical framework in which wandering people, etc.). His films just transcend the commercial sector; It is one of the most followed by seekers of original, stories of passes in areas interested in film culture. His anarchist surrealistic films are not known to a wide audience in Germany, although one of them, Das Gespenst (The Ghost), caused a scandal in 1983 because of its alleged blasphemous content. Werner Herzog, a director of the New German Cinema, based his film Heart of Glass on a story by Achternbusch.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2002Das Klatschen der einen HandFilm: Writer, Director
  2. 1998Neue Freiheit - Keine Jobs Schönes München: StillstandFilm: Hick, Director
  3. 1997Picasso in MunichFilm: Picasso, Director, Writer
  4. 1995HadesFilm: Hades, Director
  5. 1994Ab nach Tibet!Film: Hick, Director
  6. 1993Ich bin da, ich bin daFilm: Hick, Director
  7. 1991NiemandslandFilm: Writer, Director
  8. 1990Hick's Last StandFilm: Director, Writer
  9. 1989MixwixFilm: Mixwix, Writer, Director
  10. 1989I Know the Way to the HofbrauhausFilm: Hick, Writer, Director
  11. 1988Wohin?Film: Herbert, Director
  12. 1987Punch DrunkFilm: Director, Writer
  13. 1986Heal Hitler!Film: Writer, Director
  14. 1985Die FöhnforscherFilm: Herbert, Writer, Director
  15. 1985Blaue BlumenFilm: Narrator (voice), Writer, Director
  16. 1984WanderkrebsFilm: Director
  17. 1984Rita RitterFilm: Passenger, Writer, Director
  18. 1983The Olympic ChampionFilm: Adi, Director, Writer
  19. 1982Der DeppFilm: Der Depp, Director, Writer
  20. 1982The GhostFilm: Ober, Director, Writer
  21. 1981The Last HoleFilm: Der Nil, Director
  22. 1981Der Neger ErwinFilm: Der Neger Erwin, Director
  23. 1979Der KomantscheFilm: Komantsche Koyotendreck, Writer, Director
  24. 1978Der junge MönchFilm: Writer, Director
  25. 1978Bye-Bye Bavaria!Film: Dichter und Wilddieb, Director, Writer
  26. 1977Beer ChaseFilm: Herbert, Polizist, Writer, Director
  27. 1976Heart of GlassFilm: Writer
  28. 1976The Atlantic SwimmersFilm: Herbert, Director, Writer
  29. 1975Das Andechser GefühlFilm: Teacher, Director, Writer
  30. 1974The Enigma of Kaspar HauserFilm: country boy #1
  31. 1974Stayover in TirolFilm: Lehrer
  32. 19726. Dezember 1971Film: Director, Writer
  33. 1971Das Kind ist totFilm: Writer, Director

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