Herbert Achternbusch

Herbert Achternbusch

Known for

Directing

Born

November 23, 1938

Birthplace

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Died

January 10, 2022 (aged 83)

Biography

Writer, actor, and German filmmaker born in Munich in 1938. He spent his childhood and youth in Bavaria, region which remains until today its major source of artistic inspiration. Their activity is very diverse: he has composed pieces for theater and radio scripts, translator, painter and sculptor. As different as his artistic activities is his work, and therefore difficult to classify. In the world of cinema, his career fits approaches independent, mostly defined by a position too personalistic, provocative, that has left a deep imprint on works eminently conceptual and avant-garde, as well as suggesting in criticism of the subjects addressed (religion, society, geographical framework in w...

Best known work

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974
Heart of Glass
Heart of Glass
1976
Beer Chase
Beer Chase
1977
Heal Hitler!
Heal Hitler!
1986
The Ghost
The Ghost
1982
The Last Hole
The Last Hole
1981
Bye-Bye Bavaria!
Bye-Bye Bavaria!
1978
Das Andechser Gefühl
Das Andechser Gefühl
1975
The Atlantic Swimmers
The Atlantic Swimmers
1976
I Know the Way to the Hofbrauhaus
I Know the Way to the Hofbrauhaus
1989

Filmography

  1. 2008

    Heimat - Deine FilmeTV

    as Self (2 episodes)

  2. 2008

  3. 2008

  4. 2004

  5. 2002

    Das Klatschen der einen Hand

    Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Writer

  6. 1998

  7. 1997

    Picasso in Munich

    as Picasso, Director, Writer

  8. 1995

    Hades

    as Hades, Director

  9. 1995

    Attwenger Film

    as Self (voice)

  10. 1994

    Ab nach Tibet!

    as Hick, Director

  11. 1993

    Ich bin da, ich bin da

    as Hick, Director

  12. 1991

    Niemandsland

    Writer, Director, Producer

  13. 1990

    Hick's Last Stand

    Director, Writer, Cinematography, Producer

  14. 1990

  15. 1989

    Mixwix

    as Mixwix, Writer, Producer, Director

  16. 1989

    I Know the Way to the Hofbrauhaus

    as Hick, Producer, Writer, Director, Director of Photography

  17. 1988

    Wohin?

    as Herbert, Director

  18. 1987

    Punch Drunk

    Director of Photography, Director, Production Manager, Writer, Producer

  19. 1986

    Heal Hitler!

    Writer, Producer, Cinematography, Director

  20. 1985

    Die Föhnforscher

    as Herbert, Director, Writer, Producer

  21. 1985

    Blaue Blumen

    as Narrator (voice), Writer, Special Effects, Producer, Director of Photography, Director

  22. 1984

    Wanderkrebs

    Director

  23. 1984

    Rita Ritter

    as Passenger, Director, Producer, Writer

  24. 1983

    The Olympic Champion

    as Adi, Director, Writer, Producer

  25. 1982

    Der Depp

    as Der Depp, Writer, Director

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