Thomas Heise Movies

  • 1990
    Snack Bar Special

    Snack Bar Special

    Snack Bar Special

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    The lower level of Lichtenberg Station in Belin in early October 1989: the beginning of the end for the GDR. In the snack bar, the staff are catering...

    Snack Bar Special
  • 1980
    So Why Make a Film About These People?

    So Why Make a Film About These People?

    So Why Make a Film About These People?

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    "This was my first student documentary. I shot it over the Easter vacation in 1980 on 16mm, black-and-white reversal film. Apart from two five-minute...

    So Why Make a Film About These People?
  • 2012
    Consequence

    Consequence

    Consequence

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    CONSEQUENCE tracks the tiring working day between Christmas Eve and New Year at a small German crematorium operating 24/7.

    Consequence
  • 1992
    Stau – Jetzt geht’s los

    Stau – Jetzt geht’s los

    Stau – Jetzt geht’s los

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    A group of young people in Halle-Neustadt moving aimlessly between the concrete blocks once built as a socialist model housing estate. Familiar...

    Stau – Jetzt geht’s los
  • 2000
    Meine Kneipe

    Meine Kneipe

    Meine Kneipe

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    Heise's first work produced specifically for television: a small film, the portrait of a pub on Rosenthaler Straße in Berlin Mitte, an homage...

    Meine Kneipe
  • 1979
    Imbiß

    Imbiß

    Imbiß

    01979HD

    Imbiß
  • 2000
    Neustadt (Stau – Der Stand der Dinge)

    Neustadt (Stau – Der Stand der Dinge)

    Neustadt (Stau – Der Stand der Dinge)

    4.22000HD

    Neustadt (Stau – Der Stand der Dinge)
  • 1985
    The People's Police Force, 1985

    The People's Police Force, 1985

    The People's Police Force, 1985

    61985HD

    Thomas Heise documents the everyday life of the "People's Police Force" in Berlin Mitte.

    The People's Police Force, 1985