Directing
Edgar Reitz
- Titles
- 37movies14TV shows
- Career
Active from 1958 to 2025, with a break from 1996 to 2005, busiest in 2013 with 4 main titles.
- Directed
- 31titles as director
- Average score
72/100
- Highest rated
- Speed87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.8average 2.6
- Nostalgia7.5average 3.6
- Politics6.3average 2.6
- Tech & Humanity4.5average 1.6
- Showbiz3.8average 1.2
- Social Commentary7.5average 4.9
- Family Dynamics7.0average 4.7
- Contemporary Realism7.5average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Violence1.0, average 4.3
- Adrenaline1.8, average 5.1
- Tension3.3, average 6.1
- Mystery1.5, average 4.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- German History 2
- Post-War Germany 2
- Epic Historical Drama 2
- Generational Saga 2
- Slow-Burn Narrative 2
- Social & Political Commentary 2
- Nostalgic & Reflective 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- BBeate Mainka-JellinghausWriterGermany in Autumn, Die Kinder, In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death, Yesterday Girl, E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher, +3 more
Alexander KlugeActorGermany in Autumn, In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death, Die Reise nach Wien, Yesterday Girl, The Night of the Filmmakers, +2 more
Alf BrustellinActorGermany in Autumn, Tales of the Dumpster Kid, The Golden Thing- DDietrich LohmannCinematographerGermany in Autumn, The Tailor from Ulm, Cardillac
- MMaximiliane MainkaEditorGermany in Autumn, Cardillac, Lust for Love
- PPeter SteinbachWriterGermany in Autumn, Heimat Fragments: The Women, Zero Hour
- JJessy von SternbergEditorTales of the Dumpster Kid, Cardillac, The Golden Thing
Antonia BillActorHome from Home – Chronicle of a Vision, Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting
Hannelore ElsnerActorThe Tailor from Ulm, Die Reise nach Wien- CChristian ReitzActorHeimat Fragments: The Women, The Golden Thing
Vadim GlownaActorGermany in Autumn, The Tailor from Ulm
Volker SchlöndorffActorGermany in Autumn, The Night of the Filmmakers
Movies and TV shows
312020s
2 titles
Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting (2025)
Director, Writer
Subject: Filmmaking (2024)
Director, Writer
2010s
4 titles · average score 66
2000s
2 titles
Schabbach ist überall (2004)
Producer
1990s
1 title
1980s
2 titles
Biermann-Film (1983)
Director
1970s
10 titles · average score 61
Susanne tanzt (1979)
Cinematography, Director
65
Germany in Autumn (1978)
Screenplay, Director
The Tailor from Ulm (1978)
Producer, Writer
Zero Hour (1977)
Director, Writer
Altstadt - Lebensstadt (1977)
Producer, Cinematography
Die Reise nach Wien (1973)
Producer, Writer
The Golden Thing (1972)
Director of Photography, Writer
Tales of the Dumpster Kid (1971)
Writer, Producer
Cardillac (1970)
Director, Writer
1960s
9 titles · average score 87
E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher (1968)
Director of Photography
The Cat Has Nine Lives (1968)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Die Kinder (1967)
Writer, Producer
Lust for Love (1967)
Producer, Writer
Yesterday Girl (1967)
Director of Photography
87Speed (1963)
Director, Director of Photography
Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung (1962)
Director, Editor
Yucatan (1961)
Cinematography, Writer
Cotton (1960)
Writer, Cinematography
1950s
1 title
Story of an Opera House (1958)
Writer, Editor