Hans Richter Movies
- 1986
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life81986HD
A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.
- 1968
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches7.41968HD
An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.
- 2011
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film6.72011HD
Experimental filmmaker Pip Chodorov traces the course of experimental film in America, taking the very personal point of view of someone who grew up...
- 1929
Everything Turns, Everything Revolves
Everything Turns, Everything Revolves5.61929HD
A day at the carnival — sensational tent shows where miracles can be seen for the price of admission, boisterous noise of crowds and barkers,...
- 1928
Ghosts Before Breakfast
Ghosts Before Breakfast6.8151928HD
Hans Richter, noted for his abstract shorts, has everyday objects rebelling against their daily routine.
- 1923
Rhythm 23
Rhythm 235.41923HD
We watch white shapes dancing on black background, which changes when the white shape fills up the screen completely, and black lines and figures...
- 1929
Two Pence Magic
Two Pence Magic5.61929HD
Two Penny Magic (Zweigroschenzauber) starting off with a little magic trick. It then presents an array of images from swimmers, bicyclers, murderers,...
- 1921
Rhythm 21
Rhythm 215.5261921HD
Abstract animated short film. Grey and white squares change size and shape on a black background.
- 1955
Intermediate Landing in Paris
Intermediate Landing in Paris41955HD
Michèle, an employee at the airport, is in love with American pilot Eddie Miller who regularly flies the route from New York to Paris, but...
- 1947
Dreams That Money Can Buy
Dreams That Money Can Buy6.41947HD
An attempt to bring the work of surrealist artists to a wider public. The plot is that of an average Joe who can conjure up dreams that will improve...
- 1931
Europa Radio
Europa Radio01931HD
Commissioned by Philips, Europa Radio celebrates the company’s experimental PCJJ shortwave radio station in Eindhoven that went on air in 1927...
- 1926
Film Study
Film Study5.81926HD
Entertaining Dadaist experimental short, similar to Man Ray's work, full of shifting geometric shapes, stock footage of seagulls, flying eyeballs,...
- 1930
The New Apartment
The New Apartment61930HD
A commissioned film for Schweizerischer Werkbund (SWB), Die neue Wohnung was produced for the Basel architectural and interior design exhibition,...
- 1929
Every Day
Every Day6.81929HD
Experimental documentary focusing on a day in the life of city workers, featuring montage sequences and repetition to emphasise the monotony of...
- 1961
Dadascope
Dadascope7.41961HD
Free-associative images are juxtaposed with disorienting poetry in Richter's late work. The film is visual dynamite: Upside-down and reversed...
- 1973
Index – Hans Richter
Index – Hans Richter01973HD
Dedicated to Nigel Gosling. Voice-over with Hans Richter reading a Dada text. Filmed in Locarno. Oesterreichisches Filmmuseum, Vienna
- 2003
A Visit To Hans Richter
A Visit To Hans Richter02003HD
This piece had its world premiere as the opening film of the Hans Richter Tribute at Cinema Arsenal in the summer of 2003. The nine minutes of film...
- 1928
Inflation
Inflation6.21928HD
Inflation (1928) is an experimental silent film at eight minutes which is sometimes categorized as a documentary. By now Richter is well beyond...
- 1929
The Storming of La Sarraz
The Storming of La Sarraz01929HD
A farcical war between the forces of Commercial Cinema and Independent Cinema.
- 1958
Passionate Pastime
Passionate Pastime01958HD
Hans Richter's documentary on the game of chess. Narrated by Vincent Price. Outlines the history of chess from ancient times to the present and...