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Harun Farocki

Harun Farocki

Directing·1944–2014·92 films

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

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As Director

Videograms of a Revolution
Videograms of a Revolution (1992)
The Inextinguishable Fire
The Inextinguishable Fire (1969)
Images of the World and the Inscription of War
Images of the World and the Inscription of War (1991)
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika (1983)
An Image
An Image (1983)
Prison Images
Prison Images (2000)
Workers Leaving the Factory
Workers Leaving the Factory (1995)
Still Life
Still Life (1997)
Respite
Respite (2007)
How to Live in the German Federal Republic
How to Live in the German Federal Republic (1990)
Between Two Wars
Between Two Wars (1978)
The Expression of Hands
The Expression of Hands (1997)
As You See
As You See (1986)
I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts
I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts (2000)
Memories
Memories (2007)
War at a Distance
War at a Distance (2003)
A Day in the Life of a Consumer
A Day in the Life of a Consumer (1993)
The Appearance
The Appearance (1996)
Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser
Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser (1986)
In Comparison
In Comparison (2009)
The Creators of the Shopping Worlds
The Creators of the Shopping Worlds (2001)
The Double Face of Peter Lorre
The Double Face of Peter Lorre (1984)
Words and Games
Words and Games (1998)
Interface
Interface (1995)
Nothing Ventured
Nothing Ventured (2004)
A New Product
A New Product (2012)
Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith
Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith (1988)
White Christmas
White Christmas (1968)
Übertragung
Übertragung (2007)
Their Newspapers
Their Newspapers (1968)
Betrayed
Betrayed (1985)
Counter-Music
Counter-Music (2004)
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam (1982)
Something Self Explanatory (15x)
Something Self Explanatory (15x) (1971)
The Taste of Life
The Taste of Life (1979)
The Leading Role
The Leading Role (1994)
Everybody a Berliner Kindl
Everybody a Berliner Kindl (1966)
A Picture of Sarah Schumann
A Picture of Sarah Schumann (1978)
About Narration
About Narration (2025)
The Words of the Chairman
The Words of the Chairman (2025)
Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets
Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets (1969)
Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin
Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin (1969)
Aufstellung
Aufstellung (2005)
Eye / Machine I
Eye / Machine I (2001)
Industry and Photography
Industry and Photography (1979)
Eye / Machine III
Eye / Machine III (2003)
Eye / Machine II
Eye / Machine II (2002)
The Campaign Volunteer
The Campaign Volunteer (1967)
Parallel I–IV
Parallel I–IV (2014)
Two Paths
Two Paths (1966)
Die Menschen stehen vorwärts in den Straßen
Die Menschen stehen vorwärts in den Straßen (1987)
Camera and Reality
Camera and Reality (1992)
Brunner ist dran
Brunner ist dran (1973)
Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow
Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow (2010)
Serious Games 3 – Immersion
Serious Games 3 – Immersion (2010)
Serious Games 2 – Three Dead
Serious Games 2 – Three Dead (2010)
The Trouble with Images. A Critique of Television
The Trouble with Images. A Critique of Television (1973)
Bedtime Stories: Bridges
Bedtime Stories: Bridges (1977)
Deep Play
Deep Play (2007)
About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright
About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright (1975)
Bedtime Stories: Railways
Bedtime Stories: Railways (1977)
Filmbooks
Filmbooks (1986)
Sauerbruch Hutton Architects
Sauerbruch Hutton Architects (2013)
Serious Games 1–4
Serious Games 1–4 (2011)
Die Teilung aller Tage
Die Teilung aller Tage (1970)
Comparison via a Third
Comparison via a Third (2007)
Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations"
Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations" (1983)
Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down"
Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down" (2010)
Confusion
Confusion (2017)
The Silver and the Cross
The Silver and the Cross (2010)
Bedtime Stories: Ships
Bedtime Stories: Ships (1977)

As Actor

A German Youth
A German Youth (2015)Self (archive footage)
Class Relations
Class Relations (1984)Delamarche
The Inextinguishable Fire
The Inextinguishable Fire (1969)
Images of the World and the Inscription of War
Images of the World and the Inscription of War (1991)Self (uncredited)
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika (1983)
Cinématon
Cinématon (1978)N°1068
Workers Leaving the Factory
Workers Leaving the Factory (1995)Narrador
Es stirbt allerdings ein jeder, fragt sich nur wie und wie Du gelebt hast (Holger Meins)
Es stirbt allerdings ein jeder, fragt sich nur wie und wie Du gelebt hast (Holger Meins) (1976)
Between Two Wars
Between Two Wars (1978)
The Expression of Hands
The Expression of Hands (1997)
Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser
Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser (1986)
Interface
Interface (1995)Self
Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith
Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith (1988)Self
Their Newspapers
Their Newspapers (1968)
Kampf um ein Kind
Kampf um ein Kind (1975)
Something Self Explanatory (15x)
Something Self Explanatory (15x) (1971)
A Picture of Sarah Schumann
A Picture of Sarah Schumann (1978)Self / Interviewer
About Narration
About Narration (2025)
3000 Houses
3000 Houses (1967)
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas (2026)Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
EXPRMNTL
EXPRMNTL (2016)Himself
Break the Power of the Manipulators
Break the Power of the Manipulators (1968)
"Kino 81" - Stillness, a film magazine by film critics
"Kino 81" - Stillness, a film magazine by film critics (1981)Self
About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright
About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright (1975)(voice)
Die Teilung aller Tage
Die Teilung aller Tage (1970)
Palette revisited
Palette revisited (2005)
Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations"
Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations" (1983)
Harun, who only drinks beer, has a glass of wine (2011).
Harun, who only drinks beer, has a glass of wine (2011). (2014)Harun Farocki

As Writer

Phoenix
Phoenix (2014)
Barbara
Barbara (2012)
Yella
Yella (2007)
The State I Am In
The State I Am In (2001)
Ghosts
Ghosts (2005)
Videograms of a Revolution
Videograms of a Revolution (1992)
The Inextinguishable Fire
The Inextinguishable Fire (1969)
Images of the World and the Inscription of War
Images of the World and the Inscription of War (1991)
Pilots
Pilots (1995)
Cuba Libre
Cuba Libre (1996)
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika (1983)
The Warm Money
The Warm Money (1992)
Prison Images
Prison Images (2000)
Workers Leaving the Factory
Workers Leaving the Factory (1995)
Still Life
Still Life (1997)
Respite
Respite (2007)
Between Two Wars
Between Two Wars (1978)
The Expression of Hands
The Expression of Hands (1997)
As You See
As You See (1986)
I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts
I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts (2000)
Memories
Memories (2007)
War at a Distance
War at a Distance (2003)
Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser
Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser (1986)
In Comparison
In Comparison (2009)
The Creators of the Shopping Worlds
The Creators of the Shopping Worlds (2001)
The Double Face of Peter Lorre
The Double Face of Peter Lorre (1984)
Words and Games
Words and Games (1998)
Interface
Interface (1995)
Nothing Ventured
Nothing Ventured (2004)
A New Product
A New Product (2012)
Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith
Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith (1988)
White Christmas
White Christmas (1968)
Their Newspapers
Their Newspapers (1968)
Betrayed
Betrayed (1985)
Something Self Explanatory (15x)
Something Self Explanatory (15x) (1971)
Everybody a Berliner Kindl
Everybody a Berliner Kindl (1966)
A Picture of Sarah Schumann
A Picture of Sarah Schumann (1978)
The Words of the Chairman
The Words of the Chairman (2025)
Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets
Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets (1969)
Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin
Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin (1969)
Eye / Machine I
Eye / Machine I (2001)
Eye / Machine III
Eye / Machine III (2003)
Eye / Machine II
Eye / Machine II (2002)
The Campaign Volunteer
The Campaign Volunteer (1967)
Two Paths
Two Paths (1966)
Brunner ist dran
Brunner ist dran (1973)
Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow
Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow (2010)
Serious Games 3 – Immersion
Serious Games 3 – Immersion (2010)
Serious Games 2 – Three Dead
Serious Games 2 – Three Dead (2010)
Bent or Broken
Bent or Broken (1975)
About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright
About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright (1975)
Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down"
Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down" (2010)