Peter Nestler Movies

A short film about a wicker weaver in Budapest.

In a 13-minute navigation, Nestler takes us downstream the Rhine River. The opportunity of cheap water transport kept prices of raw material down and...

Peter Nestler's short focusses the works of four Chilean artists: two painters [Nicolas de la Cruz and Jorge Kuhn], a graphic designer [Rolando...

With the help of drawings, Nestler provides a historical overview of the types of work associated with industries that are crucial to Scandinavia,...

This film is less about the birth of printing in medieval Germany, than about the effect it has had on social life and human relations. On the one...

A Roma silversmith talks about her experiences.

How to Make Glass (Mechanically) is part of a series of educational films for television intended for young audiences. Directed by Peter and...

Peter Nestler portrays the everyday life of two young music students from Budapest who are trying to balance their family life, which is shaped by...

Peter and Zsóka Nestler collaborated on this film, an exploration of the working techniques involved in the process of glass-making.

Documentary about the return of fascism in Western Germany.

A tribute to the victims of a mining disaster that happened in 1930 in Silesia before the reign of Nazi Germany.

Essay film about the origins of war in human history.

The film consists of a staged discussion between Greek political refugees in Sweden. Dialogue is mainly in Greek, but the first few minutes shows one...

A contribution from the documentary film cycle about the invention and development of certain work techniques, production processes and materials.

Stoff (1) is part of a series of films made for television and aimed at young audiences. The series was dedicated to the history and techniques...

Humanity’s thirst for knowledge and its consequences, from the Bible to the A-bomb. Nestler uses sixteenth-century engravings and paintings by...

Documentary short made for Swedish public television (SVT) about the past and current situation for Native Americans in the US. The film was produced...

The first part of this film is devoted to the Greek resistance against fascism and the civil war for independence. While the voice-over recites facts...

Nestler traces the history of Frankfurt’s Jewish ghetto from the middle ages to the present day.

In this tale based on a Brothers Grimm story, Prince Alfred searches for an enchanted castle that holds a magic fountain whose waters can cure his...