Portrait of Peter Nestler

Directing

Peter Nestler

Career

Active from 1961 to 2022, busiest in 1970 and 1974 with 5 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score73/100
Highest rated
Poster for Black Gravel
Black Gravel
GoodWatch score73/100

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 4
  • Documentary 4
  • Political Commentary 4
  • Historical Documentary 4
  • Social Critique 3
  • Documentary Style 3
  • Post-War Germany 2
  • German Cinema 2
  • Educational Content 2
  • Historical Analysis 2
  • Cold War Era 2
  • Propaganda 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

68
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles
The Open View
The Open View (2022)

Writer, Director

Injustice and Resistance
Injustice and Resistance (2022)

Writer, Director

Picasso in Vallauris
Picasso in Vallauris (2021)

Director

2010s

2 titles
Farewell to the Parents
Farewell to the Parents (2017)

as Father (voice) / Voice of the father

The Hollow People
The Hollow People (2015)

Director

2000s

5 titles
Death and the Devil
Death and the Devil (2009)

as Narrator (voice)

Defense of the Time
Defense of the Time (2007)

as (voice)

Mit der Musik groß werden
Mit der Musik groß werden (2003)

Director, Writer

The Metamorphosis of the Good Neighbor
The Metamorphosis of the Good Neighbor (2002)

Director, Editor

Flight
Flight (2000)

Director, Writer

1990s

8 titles
The Roman Street in the Aosta Valley
The Roman Street in the Aosta Valley (1999)

Writer, Editor

Pachamama: Our Land
Pachamama: Our Land (1997)

Editor, Writer

Hararna fångar och steker jägaren
Hararna fångar och steker jägaren (1996)

Director

Lofoten
Lofoten (1994)

Director

Time
Time (1992)

Writer, Director

The North Calotte
The North Calotte (1991)

Director, Editor

Am Rand
Am Rand (1991)

Producer

Die Reise der Ida Irma nach Lunow
Die Reise der Ida Irma nach Lunow (1991)

Producer

1980s

11 titles
Vincent van Gogh - Der Weg nach Courrières
Vincent van Gogh - Der Weg nach Courrières (1989)

as (voice)

The Jewish Lane
The Jewish Lane (1988)

Director, Writer

Väntan
Väntan (1985)

Director

Dangerous Knowledge
Dangerous Knowledge (1984)

Director

How Oppression Strikes
How Oppression Strikes (1983)

Director

I Don't Want to See Sorrowful Faces
I Don't Want to See Sorrowful Faces (1983)

Director

Así golpea la represión
Así golpea la represión (1982)

Director

Victor Jaras barn
Victor Jaras barn (1982)

Director

Hiroshima - Ahead of Us?
Hiroshima - Ahead of Us? (1981)

Director

Is Peace Anti-Constitutional?
Is Peace Anti-Constitutional? (1981)

Director

Mitt land (Mi país)
Mitt land (Mi país) (1981)

Director

1970s

22 titles
Foreigners. Part III. Iranians
Foreigners. Part III. Iranians (1978)

Director of Photography, Director

Foreigners. Part IV. Iranians
Foreigners. Part IV. Iranians (1978)

Director, Writer

Foreigners Pt. 1: Ships and Cannons
Foreigners Pt. 1: Ships and Cannons (1976)

Director, Writer

Saturday Chile
Saturday Chile (1974)

Writer, Director

Tyg: Del 1
Tyg: Del 1 (1974)

Director, Director of Photography

Mining/Ironworks, Pt. 2
Mining/Ironworks, Pt. 2 (1974)

Director

Spain!
Spain! (1973)

Director

Fos-sur-mer
Fos-sur-mer (1972)

Director

Images from Vietnam
Images from Vietnam (1972)

Writer, Director

Om boktryckets uppkomst
Om boktryckets uppkomst (1971)

Director, Writer

Being Gypsy
Being Gypsy (1970)

Director of Photography, Editor

Up the Danube
Up the Danube (1970)

Director of Photography, Writer

1960s

17 titles · average score 67
From Greece
From Greece (1966)

Director, Director of Photography

Rhine River
Rhine River (1966)

Editor, Director

Abschied
Abschied (1966)

as Horst

A Working Men's Club in Sheffield
A Working Men's Club in Sheffield (1965)

Writer, Director

Mülheim on the Ruhr
Mülheim on the Ruhr (1964)

Director, Editor

Ödenwaldstetten
Ödenwaldstetten (1964)

Director, Writer

By the Dike Sluice
By the Dike Sluice (1963)

Director of Photography, Editor

Essays
Essays (1963)

Director, Writer

Die Karte mit dem Luchskopf
Die Karte mit dem Luchskopf (1963)

TV show · as Dr. Ranke

Black Gravel
Black Gravel (1961)
GoodWatch score 73

as Bill Rodgers

The Magic Fountain
The Magic Fountain (1961)

as Prince Alfred

Und sowas nennt sich Leben
Und sowas nennt sich Leben (1961)

as Victor