Thomas Mauch

Thomas Mauch

Born: April 4, 1937
in Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany

Movies for Thomas Mauch...

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Title: Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Character: Self
Released: October 27, 2022
Type: Movie
With exclusive behind-the-scenes access into Herzog’s everyday life, rare archive material and in-depth interviews with celebrated collaborators – including Christian Bale, Nicole Kidman, and Robert Pattinson, we are given an exciting glimpse into the work and personal life of the iconic artist.
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A Hero's Death
Title: A Hero's Death
Character: Himself
Released: August 8, 2001
Type: Movie
It was the biggest escape in the history of the Berlin Wall: in one historic night of October 1964, 57 East-Berliners try their luck through a tunnel into West Berlin. Just before the last few reach the other side, the East German border guards notice the escape and open fire. Remarkably, all the refugees and their escape agents make it out of the tunnel unscathed, but one border guard is dead: 21-year-old officer Egon Schultz.
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My Best Fiend
Title: My Best Fiend
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 17, 1999
Type: Movie
A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and the actor, and their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another.
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Location Africa
Title: Location Africa
Character: Self
Released: February 28, 1987
Type: Movie
Making-of documentary that covers "Cobra Verde," Herzog's last film with Kinski before Kinski's death. This is the documentary that registers the behind the scenes moments of "Cobra Verde", the last project that united director Werner Herzog to actor Klaus Kinski. The notorious and infamous relation between the two filled Cinema theatres with masterpieces, but also filled pages of Cinema History with mutual declarations of both love and hate.
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Portrait: Werner Herzog
Title: Portrait: Werner Herzog
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 27, 1986
Type: Movie
An autobiographical short film by Werner Herzog made in 1986. Herzog tells stories about his life and career. The film contains excerpts and commentary on several Herzog films, including Signs of Life, Heart of Glass, Fata Morgana, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, Fitzcarraldo, and the Les Blank documentary Burden of Dreams. Notable is footage of a conversation between Herzog and his mentor Lotte Eisner, a photographer. In another section, he talks with mountaineer Reinhold Messner, in which they discuss a potential film project in the Himalayas to star Klaus Kinski.
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Burden of Dreams
Title: Burden of Dreams
Character: Self - DOP
Released: October 1, 1982
Type: Movie
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.
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I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog
Title: I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog
Character: Self
Released: April 18, 1979
Type: Movie
Interview film with German director Werner Herzog revisiting the films he made up to ca. 1977.
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Title: Deutscher Filmpreis
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1951
Type: TV