Ulrike Ottinger

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Prater
6.4

Prater

Feb. 10, 2007

Prater

Ulrike Ottinger’s documentary Prater (Austria-Germany), a half-decade in the making, chronicles over the past century and more the ...
Twelve Chairs
5.1

Twelve Chairs

Jul. 15, 2004

Twelve Chairs

The film TWELVE CHAIRS linked in a spectacular way the dramaturgy of a treasure hunt and chase with a dense imagery of people and places. It ...
China. The Arts – The People
7.2

China. The Arts – The People

In this four and a half hour documentary or filmic travelogue, Ulrike Ottinger tries to impart new ways of seeing a foreign culture. Release: ...
Exile Shanghai
7.6

Exile Shanghai

Sep. 10, 1997

Exile Shanghai

Exile Shanghai (Exil Shanghai, Germany/Israel 1997, 275 min), documentary written and directed by Ulrike Ottinger 6 life stories of German, ...
Ticket of No Return
6.6

Ticket of No Return

Nov. 09, 1979

Ticket of No Return

A sartorially resplendent woman arrives in Berlin with plans to live out the rest of her days as a drunkard in this experimental film. The film ...
The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors
6.9

The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors

The surrogate of synthetic sensuality takes form and seduces the sailors in the guise of a Hawaiian girl. In ritual punctuation, she distributes ...
Countdown
5.5

Countdown

Dec. 04, 1990

Countdown

This documentary focuses on the ten days after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of the two Germanies when the monetary union in ...
Joan of Arc of Mongolia
6.9

Joan of Arc of Mongolia

Feb. 01, 1989

Joan of Arc of Mongolia

A group of cosmopolitan women passengers aboard the Trans-Siberian/Mongolian Railway are taken prisoner by Ulan Iga, a warrior princess. Release: ...
Paris Calligrammes
6.4

Paris Calligrammes

Oct. 14, 2020

Paris Calligrammes

Ulrike Ottinger, then a young painter, lived in Paris in the 1960s. Now a film-maker, she looks back on that time, weaving memories of the ...
Chamisso’s Shadow
7.6

Chamisso’s Shadow

Feb. 12, 2016

Chamisso’s Shadow

Document of a 2014 Bering Sea journey following the paths of previous explorers such as Adelbert Von Chamisso. Landscape, flora and fauna are ...
Madame X: An Absolute Ruler
6.6

Madame X: An Absolute Ruler

The notorious pirate ruler Madame X places a print ad, calling on women to escape their boring lives and promising “gold, love and ...
The Korean Wedding Chest
7.1

The Korean Wedding Chest

Oct. 01, 2009

The Korean Wedding Chest

Ulrike Ottinger’s provocative mélange of ethnography, stunning tableaux and baroque vignettes was inspired by what she calls the ...
Seven Women, Seven Sins
6.5

Seven Women, Seven Sins

Apr. 19, 1986

Seven Women, Seven Sins

What constitutes a deadly sin today? Seven of the world’s best-known women directors produce their own version of celluloid sin in this ...
Under Snow
6.6

Under Snow

Sep. 15, 2011

Under Snow

In Echigo in Japan the snow often lies several feet deep well into May covering landscape and villages. Over the centuries the inhabitants have ...
Freak Orlando
5.7

Freak Orlando

Jun. 06, 1981

Freak Orlando

FREAK ORLANDO is divided into five more-or-less distinct sections, all featuring “Freak” Orlando, a woman, played by the late ...
Taiga
7.9

Taiga

Feb. 21, 1992

Taiga

The Darkhad and Soyon Uriyanghai peoples live in a vast valley in Northern Mongolia, much as their ancestors have for centuries. ...