Cinematography: Bodo Kessler

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Bodo Kessler. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Billy Wilder Speaks (TV Miniseries)

1992 · Documentary · 182 min. · Germany

Direction Volker Schlöndorff · Gisela Grischow

Cast Hellmuth Karasek · Volker Schlöndorff · Billy Wilder

Plot Director Billy Wilder is interviewed by German critic Hellmut Karasek and director Volker Schlöndorff about his movies.

7.1

29 votes

7.1

29 votes

Billy Wilder Speaks

2006 · Documentary · 71 min. · United States

Direction Volker Schlöndorff · Gisela Grischow

Cast Billy Wilder · Jean Arthur · Humphrey Bogart · James Cagney

Plot Billy Wilder discusses his life and films in interviews filmed by Volker Schlondorff over two weeks in 1988.

6.9

615 votes

6.9

615 votes

Germany in Autumn

1978 · Documentary · 116 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Alf Brustellin · Hans Peter Cloos · Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Alexander Kluge

Cast Heinz Bennent · Wolf Biermann · Caroline Chaniolleau · Hildegard Friese

Plot Through documentary and fiction footage, the body of work of the New German Cinema offers a general view of Germany in the late 70's. A time marked by the left-wing...

6.5

208 votes

6.5

208 votes

Impressions de la haute Mongolie

1976 · Documentary · 70 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

6.2

52 votes

6.2

52 votes

A Composer's Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera

1986 · Documentary · 87 min. · United States

Direction Michael Blackwood

Plot Philip Glass, whose roots are in New York’s musical avant-garde, has grown into an artist of international stature. The Times (London) has called him “the most individual force in American...

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The Candidate

1980 · Documentary · 129 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

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