Peter Nestler Movies

“This film is about the indigenous cultures of Ecuador, of what is past and what is preserved, of destruction and resistance, of persisting in...

This work produced by Swedish television, where Swedish kids reads texts written by Japanese kids about their experiencing of and surviving the...

Roma and Sinti people talk about their experiences in the Third Reich and the Federal Republic of Germany, inspired by Otto Pankok’s paintings...

Today, the Römerstrasse in Italy's Aosta valley, is a significant traffic artery in the center of modern Europe. Nestler's journey explores the...

The film presents artists from the Sinti and Roma minority who shape the trauma of persecution and very personal experiences in their works.

A documentary about the Sami people across Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, and about the environmental devastation in that area throughout the...

A reflection on the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet captured in its economic and social causalities. Originally shot for a TV youth program but...

Documentary about empty space in Berlin

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...

Jewish painter Leopold Mayer fled his native Frankfurt at the rise of the Nazi regime. Although briefly finding refuge in France, where he changed...

"Nestler relates the histories of shipbuilding, armaments, and war in Europe to the exploitation of labor and the circulation of knowledge and...

The film is based on the eponymous 1960 novel by author Peter Weiss. In this autobiographical text, the author describes the years of his childhood...

“Don’t be scared,” he’d whisper, “There’s nothing to be scared of. It’s just the hollow people.”...

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

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

short film about a wicker weaver in Budapest

Essay film about the origins of war in human history

Second documentary short by Peter Nestler about Iranian migration in Sweden

Documentary short about Iranian migration in Sweden

A 1994 German language documentary written and directed by Peter Nestler.