Screenplay: Barbet Schroeder

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Barbet Schroeder. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Charles Bukowski Tapes

1987 · Documentary · 240 min. · France

Direction Barbet Schroeder

Cast Charles Bukowski · Linda Lee Bukowski

Plot The Charles Bukowski Tapes are a collection of short-interviews with the American writer/poet Charles Bukowski, filmed and assembled by Barbet Schroeder and first published in 1987 in the USA. Today,...

8.0

256 votes

8.0

256 votes

Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait

1974 · Documentary · 86 min. · France

Direction Barbet Schroeder

Plot Documentary about the Ugandan dictator who was responsible for the deaths of 300,000 of his countrymen between 1971 and 1979, a situation that hit the headlines when he ordered expulsion...

6.8

352 votes

6.8

352 votes

The Venerable W.

2017 · Documentary · 100 min. · France

Direction Barbet Schroeder

Cast Ashin Wirathu

Plot In Burma, the 'Venerable Wirathu' is a highly influential Buddhist monk. Meeting him amounts to traveling to the heart of everyday racism and observing how Islamophobia and hate speech lead...

6.7

113 votes

6.7

113 votes

Koko, a Talking Gorilla

1978 · Documentary · 85 min. · France

Direction Barbet Schroeder

Plot A documentary on the experience of psychology student Penny Patterson with Koko, a female gorilla at San Francisco Zoo with which she finally succeeded in communicating by means of sign...

6.6

116 votes

6.6

116 votes

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1969 · Movie · 117 min. · France

Direction Barbet Schroeder

Cast Mimsy Farmer · Klaus Grünberg · Heinz Engelmann · Michel Chanderli

Plot Stefan, a German student, hitches to Paris, where he meets a North-American girl called Estelle and falls in love. When she leaves Paris, Stefan follows her to the island of...

6.2

521 votes

6.2

521 votes

The Valley

1972 · Movie · 106 min. · France

Direction Barbet Schroeder

Cast Jean-Pierre Kalfon · Bulle Ogier · Jérôme Beauvarlet · Monique Giraudy

Plot The upper-middle-class life of Viviane, wife of the French Consul in Melbourne, discovers new horizons on her meeting in Australian New Guinea with Olivier, one of a group of travellers...

5.9

173 votes

5.9

173 votes

Mistress

1975 · Movie · 110 min. · France

Direction Barbet Schroeder

Cast Gérard Depardieu · Bulle Ogier · Andé Rouyer · Nathalie Kéryan

Plot Olivier, a novice thief, attempts a heist in a Parisian flat in the belief that it's empty, only to be caught red-handed by the owner, Ariane, a prostitute and authentic...

5.9

215 votes

5.9

215 votes

Amnesia

2015 · Movie · 96 min. · Switzerland

Direction Barbet Schroeder

Cast Marthe Keller · Max Riemelt · Corinna Kirchhoff · Joel Basman

Plot Ibiza, the early nineties, Jo is a twenty-five-year-old music composer. He has come over from Berlin and wants to be part of the nascent electronic music revolution, ideally by getting...

5.5

113 votes

5.5

113 votes

Cheaters

1984 · Movie · 94 min. · France

Direction Barbet Schroeder

Cast Jacques Dutronc · Bulle Ogier · Leandro Vale · Kurt Raab

Plot Elric is a compulsive gambler who trawls the casinos to nurture his passion. While staying in Madeira he meets Suzie, an attractive women he convinces to stay with him for...

5.4

29 votes

5.4

29 votes

Inju: The Beast in the Shadow

2008 · Movie · 105 min. · France

Direction Barbet Schroeder

Cast Benoît Magimel · Ryo Ishibashi · Shun Sugata · Lika Minamoto

Plot After arriving in Japan to promote his latest novel, Alex Fayard encounters Tamao, a geisha. When Alex accepts to help her deal with the death threat an ex-lover has out...

4.6

43 votes

4.6

43 votes