CHRISTIAN PETZOLD
director, author

* September 14, 1960
in Hilden, Germany

FAMOUS FILMS (selection):
INNERE SICHERHEIT (2000)
GESPENSTER (2005)
JERICHOW (2008)

• BEKI PROBST
  on SUCCESS
• JAMES BENNING
  on TIME
• JAN KRÜGER
  on DESIRE
• ANGELINA MACCARONE
  on EYES
• ULRIKE OTTINGER
  on PLACES
• ARTHUR COHN
  on PRODUCING
• CHARLOTTE RAMPLING
  on LOOKS
• MARIN KARMITZ
  on COLLECTING
• CHRISTINE VACHON
  on HEROES
• CHRISTOPH HOCHHÄUSLER
  on ARCHITECTURE
• WIELAND SPECK
  on FESTIVALS
• XAVIER DOLAN
  on IMAGINATION
• CAM ARCHER
  on STILLNESS
• HAPPY NEW YEAR
  CINEPHILE NEW YEAR GREETINGS
• TOM TYKWER
  on CHANCE
• Special Issue #1
  FILM and LITERATURE
• "JOE" WEERASETHAKUL
  on MEMORY
• NIKI REISER
  on COMPOSING
• SHIRIN NESHAT
  on ART and POWER
• HARRIS SAVIDES
  on BEAUTY
• PETER PRZYGODDA
  on EDITING
• JESSICA HAUSNER
  on IMAGES and MEANING
• DOMINIK GRAF
  on TELEVISION
• ANGELA SCHANELEC
  on SPACES
• ANDRES VEIEL
  on DOCUMENTARIES
• MICHAEL HANEKE
  on VIOLENCE
• AGNÈS VARDA
  on POETRY
• HARUN FAROCKI
  on MATERIAL
• DANI LEVY
  on HUMOUR
• WIM WENDERS
  on PHOTOGRAPHY
• CATHERINE BREILLAT
  on INTIMACY
• ANDREAS DRESEN
  on AUTHENTICITY
• ISABELLA ROSSELLINI
  on SEX
• CHRISTIAN PETZOLD
  on COMMUNICATION
• MIKE LEIGH
  on THEATRE
• JONATHAN CAOUETTE
  on CINEPHILIA
• MICHAEL ALTHEN
  on REMEMBERING
• BRUCE LA BRUCE
  on PERVERSION
• KEN LOACH
  on POLITICAL CINEMA

CHRISTIAN PETZOLD und KOMMUNIKATION

Es gibt diese magischen Momente in den Filmen von Christian Petzold: Man wird nicht an die Hand genommen, sondern mitten in die Handlung geworfen. Wir werden Zeuge eines Gesprächs oder eines gestischen Dialogs. Und erahnen hinter der Situation die Vorgeschichte der Figuren. Wir haben Christian Petzold getroffen und mit ihm über Kommunikation gesprochen.

There are these magic moments in the films of Christian Petzold: The spectator is confronted with a situation and the characters’ actions without knowing much about them. We become a witness of a conversation or of a gestural dialogue. And we start to sense their biography behind the situations of the film. We’ve met Christian Petzold and talked with him about communication.

Zum Essay: Halbgestische Filme