Harun Farocki

Directing•Born January 9, 1944•Died July 30, 2014 (age 70)•Neutitschein, Sudetenland

Biography

Harun Farocki was a German filmmaker, author, and lecturer in film. He made over 90 films, the vast majority of them short experimental documentaries.

Known For

Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika

1983•Movie•

6.4

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

2026•Movie

Class Relations

1984•Movie•

6.8

Kampf um ein Kind

1975•Movie•

7.0

Filmography

2026

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie

2025

About Narration

Movie

2016

EXPRMNTL

as Himself

Movie

2015

A German Youth

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2014

Harun, who only drinks beer, has a glass of wine (2011).

as Harun Farocki

Movie

2005

Palette revisited

Movie

2005

Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Harun Farocki

as Self

Movie

2005

Who is Helene Schwarz?

as Self

Movie

2004

Kulturplatz

as Self

2002

Starbuck Holger Meins

as Self

Movie

1997

The Expression of Hands

Movie

1995

Interface

as Self

Movie

1995

Workers Leaving the Factory

as Narrador

Movie

1993

Navy Cut

Movie

1991

Images of the World and the Inscription of War

as Self (uncredited)

Movie

1988

Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith

as Self

Movie

1986

Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser

Movie

1984

Class Relations

as Delamarche

Movie

1983

Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika

Movie

1983

Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations"

Movie

1982

Filme von Peter Weiss

as Self

Movie

1981

"Kino 81" - Stillness, a film magazine by film critics

as Self

Movie

1981

Zeit der langen Nächte

as Günter

Movie

1980

Henry Angst

Movie

1979

Putting Things Straight

Movie

1978

Cinématon

as N°1068

Movie

1978

Between Two Wars

Movie

1978

"Amerika" vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min. 30 Sec.

as Film director

Movie

1978

A Picture of Sarah Schumann

as Self / Interviewer

Movie

1976

Es stirbt allerdings ein jeder, fragt sich nur wie und wie Du gelebt hast (Holger Meins)

Movie

1975

About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright

as (voice)

Movie

1975

Kampf um ein Kind

Movie

1971

Something Self Explanatory (15x)

Movie

1970

Die Teilung aller Tage

Movie

1970

Zum Begriff des 'kritischen Kommunismus' bei Antonio Labriola (1843-1904)

Movie

1969

Wochenschau I: Requiem für eine Firma

Movie

1969

The Inextinguishable Fire

Movie

1968

Their Newspapers

Movie

1968

Break the Power of the Manipulators

Movie

1967

3000 Houses

Movie

1967

Farocki dreht

Movie

1964

Grimme Award

as Self

—

Cinématon n°1068 : Harun Farocki

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentDirecting

BirthdayJanuary 9, 1944

Day of DeathJuly 30, 2014

Place of BirthNeutitschein, Sudetenland

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