Direction: Hans Richter
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Hans Richter. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Dreams That Money Can Buy
1947 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction Hans Richter
Cast Jack Bittner · Libby Holman · Josh White · Norman Cazanjian
Plot Joe/Narcissus (Jack Bittner) is an ordinary man who has recently signed a complicated lease on a room. As he wonders how to pay the rent, he discovers that he can...
7.0
155 votes
7.0
155 votes
Ghosts Before Breakfast (S)
1928 · Movie · 9 min. · Germany
Direction Hans Richter
Cast Hans Richter · Darius Milhaud · Paul Hindemith · Madeleine Milhaud
Plot Hans Richter, noted for his abstract shorts, has everyday objects rebelling against their daily routine.
6.5
438 votes
6.5
438 votes
Everyday (S)
1929 · Documentary · 17 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Hans Richter
Cast Sergei M. Eisenstein · Michael Hankinson · Basil Wright
Plot Experimental documentary focusing on a day in the life of city workers, featuring montage sequences and repetition to emphasise the monotony of routine office work.
6.4
45 votes
6.4
45 votes
8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements
1957 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Hans Richter · Jean Cocteau
Cast Jean Arp · Paul Bowles · Ceal Bryson · Alexander Calder
Plot Like his earlier Dreams that Money Can Buy, Richter’s 8 x 8 engaged the talents of an array of artists with whom he had associated over the years, including Jean...
6.1
44 votes
6.1
44 votes
5.6
122 votes
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich! (S)
1929 · Documentary · 3 min. · Germany
Direction Hans Richter
5.6
84 votes
5.6
84 votes
Film Study (S)
1926 · Movie · 4 min. · Germany
Direction Hans Richter
Cast Stella F. Simon
Plot Entertaining Dadaist experimental short, similar to Man Ray's work, full of shifting geometric shapes, stock footage of seagulls, flying eyeballs, and glaring floating heads.
5.6
162 votes
5.6
162 votes
5.5
79 votes
5.4
95 votes
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The Storming of La Sarraz
1929 · Movie · min. · Germany
Direction Sergei M. Eisenstein · Ivor Montagu · Hans Richter
Cast Jean-Georges Auriol · Béla Balázs · Sergei M. Eisenstein · Léon Moussinac
Plot A farcical war between the forces of Commercial Cinema and Independent Cinema.
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Die neue Wohnung
1930 · Documentary · 28 min. · Switzerland
Direction Hans Richter
Plot A commissioned film for SWB – Schweizerischer Werkbund – Die neue Wohnung was produced for the Basel architectural and interior design exhibition (WOBA) to demonstrate innovative aspects of modern architecture...
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