Peter Nestler Movies
- 2002

The Metamorphosis of the Good Neighbor
The Metamorphosis of the Good Neighbor102002HD
The revolt at Sobibór extermination camp in October 1943 is a central episode of resistance against national socialism. Thomas...
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- 1976

Foreigners Pt. 1: Ships and Cannons
Foreigners Pt. 1: Ships and Cannons01976HD
Nestler relates the histories of shipbuilding, armaments, and war in Europe to the exploitation of labor and the circulation of knowledge and capital...
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- 1978

Foreigners. Part III. Iranians
Foreigners. Part III. Iranians01978HD
Documentary short about Iranian migration in Sweden.
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- 1966

From Greece
From Greece71966HD
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...
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- 1966

Rhine River
Rhine River61966HD
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...
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- 1975

Mining/Ironworks, Pt. 3
Mining/Ironworks, Pt. 301975HD
In the 1970's Peter and Zsóka Nestler made several educational documentaries on industrial production for Swedish public television. The...
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- 1992

Time
Time01992HD
A film of Hungarian folk artists, sharing their handicrafts and paintings with the filmmakers.
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- 1994

Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Peter Nestler
Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Peter Nestler01994HD
Interview with Peter Nestler about his filmmaking practice conducted and directed by Christoph Hübner
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- 1970

Varför är det krig?
Varför är det krig?01970HD
Essay film about the origins of war in human history.
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- 1978

Foreigners. Part IV. Iranians
Foreigners. Part IV. Iranians01978HD
Second documentary short by Peter Nestler about Iranian migration in Sweden.
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- 1974

Mining/Ironworks, Pt. 2
Mining/Ironworks, Pt. 201974HD
Nestler highlights visits by several German entrepreneurs to oil facilities. In the 1970s, Peter and his wife, Zsóka Nestler, collaborated on...
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- 1983

I Don't Want to See Sorrowful Faces
I Don't Want to See Sorrowful Faces01983HD
Still photography combined with moving imagery in this portrait of civic life in Chile. Made for Swedish public television almost a decade after the...
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- 1973

Spain!
Spain!91973HD
Filmed in Spain, Finland, Sweden, and West Germany, 'Spanien!' investigates ideas of internationalism and solidarity, using personal testimonies from...
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- 1963

By the Dike Sluice
By the Dike Sluice5.91963HD
In his first film, Peter Nestler gives voice to an old floodgate. A nearby village, its inhabitants, wooden posts and twisted willow rods are...
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- 1971

Om boktryckets uppkomst
Om boktryckets uppkomst01971HD
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...
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- 1972

Fos-sur-mer
Fos-sur-mer01972HD
Shot in the commercial harbor of Fos-sur-Mer in Southern France, this film denounces the destruction of the region and the poor living and working...
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- 1974

Mining/Ironworks, Pt. 1
Mining/Ironworks, Pt. 101974HD
With the help of drawings, Nestler provides a historical overview of the types of work associated with industries that are crucial to Scandinavia,...
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- 1972

About the History of Paper, Pt. 1
About the History of Paper, Pt. 101972HD
The first part of a history about the history of paper.
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- 1970

How to Make Glass (Manually)
How to Make Glass (Manually)01970HD
Peter and Zsóka Nestler collaborated on this film, an exploration of the working techniques involved in the process of glass-making.
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- 2009

Death and the Devil
Death and the Devil52009HD
Ethnologist and adventurer, Count Eric von Rosen was a man of contradictions: interested in the natives of Africa and colonial racism. Nestler...
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