Danièle Huillet Filmes

A group of men and women have been brought together after World War II, when Italy regained its national and territorial unity. They make up a...

Excerpts from the novel Donna di Messina (1949 and 1964, 1967) by Elio Vittorini (1908-1966).

Recently discovered and shown only twice before, Incantati is an alternate ending to Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub’s 2003 film...

A man returns to visit his native Sicily after living in New York for a long time. He learns about the Sicilian way of life from stylized...

A young man, recently arrived in New York from Europe, becomes swept up in a series of events that are beyond his knowledge or control.

An alternate look at a part of Sicilia, perhaps left out for its more straightforward didactic quality. Interesting to again see the long gaps. Also...

Set in contemporary Rome, the film shows through a series of encounters with “ancient” Romans, how the economic and political...

"At the end of filming Umiliati, Straub and Huillet gave thanks to the cast and crew in a graceful way: by inviting Dolando Bernardini to sing...

A fearless Antigone, refusing to allow the dishonored body of her murdered brother Polynices to be devoured by vultures and dogs, defies the Thebian...

The life and music of Johann Sebastian Bach as presented by his wife, Anna.

The child Ernesto doesn't want to go to school any more because, as he says, all he is taught there is things he doesn't know.

About the history of the French region of Lorraine, called Lothringen in German.

Documentary about the shooting of Straub's Antigone.

Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011....

A familiar Biblical tale transformed into a cinematic opera of seemingly endless possibility. In expressive, melodic tones, the fraternal pair debate...

A group of men, women and Kristl with his camera debate how to resist authority in all its forms. All cinematic professionalism is avoided as Kristl...

Reel 35 of Gérard Courant’s on-going Cinematon series.

The film is a sort of presentation of Franco Fortini's book 'I Cani del Sinai'. Fortini, an Italian Jew, reads excerpts from the book about his...

Six unused scenes from Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie? One of the more priceless of the “bagatelles” in this collection features a...

A satirical attack on West Germany's re-armament and revival of militaristic tradition in the Adenauer era.