Director
Harun Farocki
41 movies as actor · 97 as director
Born Jan 9, 1944 – Jul 30, 2014 (aged 70)From Neutitschein, SudetenlandAlso known as Rosa Mercedes, Mercedes Rossa
Harun Farocki was a German filmmaker, author, and lecturer in film. He made over 90 films, the vast majority of them short experimental documentaries.
Known for
A German Youth
2015 · Documentary, History
Videograms of a Revolution
1992 · Documentary
The Inextinguishable Fire
1969 · Documentary
Class Relations
1984 · Drama
Images of the World and the Inscription of War
1991 · Documentary
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika
1983 · Documentary
An Image
1983 · Documentary
Prison Images
2000 · Documentary
Respite
2007 · Documentary
Still Life
1997 · Documentary
Workers Leaving the Factory
1995 · Documentary, TV Movie
How to Live in the German Federal Republic
1990 · Documentary
Movies directed by Harun Farocki
Häuser 1–2
Häuser 1–2
Upcoming
Single. A Record is Being Produced
Single. A Record is Being Produced
2025
About Narration
2025
Remember Tomorrow is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life
2025
Make Up
2025
The Words of the Chairman
2025
Labour in a Single Shot
Labour in a Single Shot
2020
Confusion
2017
Parallel I–IV
2014
Sauerbruch Hutton Architects
2013
A New Product
2012
Serious Games 1–4
2011
Repouring, Variation 1
Repouring, Variation 1
2010
Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down"
2010
Serious Games 2 – Three Dead
2010
Serious Games 3 – Immersion
2010
Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow
2010
The Silver and the Cross
2010
In Comparison
2009
Feasting or Flying
Feasting or Flying
2008
Übertragung
2007
Memories
2007
Comparison via a Third
Comparison via a Third
2007
Respite
2007
Deep Play
2007
Dubbing
Dubbing
2006
On Construction of Griffith’s Films
2006
A Way
A Way
2005
Aufstellung
2005
Nothing Ventured
2004
Counter-Music
2004
War at a Distance
2003
Eye / Machine III
2003
Eye / Machine II
2002
The Creators of the Shopping Worlds
2001
Eye / Machine I
2001
I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts
2000
Prison Images
2000
Words and Games
1998
Documenta X - Die Filme
Documenta X - Die Filme
1997
The Expression of Hands
1997
Still Life
1997
The Interview
The Interview
1997
The Appearance
1996
Interface
1995
Workers Leaving the Factory
1995
The Leading Role
1994
Re-education
Re-education
1994
A Day in the Life of a Consumer
1993
Camera and Reality
1992
Videograms of a Revolution
1992
Images of the World and the Inscription of War
1991
What’s Up?
What’s Up?
1991
Kinostadt Paris
Kinostadt Paris
1990
How to Live in the German Federal Republic
1990
Image und Umsatz, oder: Wie kann man ein
Image und Umsatz, oder: Wie kann man einen Schuh darstellen?
1989
Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith
1988
Die Menschen stehen vorwärts in den Straßen
1987
Indoctrination
1987
As You See
1986
Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser
1986
Filmbooks
1986
Film-Tip: Le thé au harem d’Archimède
Film-Tip: Le thé au harem d’Archimède
1985
Betrayed
1985
The Double Face of Peter Lorre
1984
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika
1983
An Image
1983
Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations"
1983
Filme von Peter Weiss
Filme von Peter Weiss
1982
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam
1982
Zur Ansicht: Peter Weiss
Zur Ansicht: Peter Weiss
1979
The Taste of Life
1979
Industry and Photography
1979
Between Two Wars
1978
A Picture of Sarah Schumann
1978
Bedtime Stories: Ships
1977
Bedtime Stories: Bridges
1977
Bedtime Stories: Railways
1977
Bedtime Stories: Cat
1977
Die Schlacht - Szenen aus Deutschland
Die Schlacht - Szenen aus Deutschland
1976
About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright
1975
Moderatoren im Fernsehen
Moderatoren im Fernsehen
1974
Brunner is Next
1973
The Trouble with Images. A Critique of Television
1973
Einmal wirst auch du mich lieben. Über d
Einmal wirst auch du mich lieben. Über die Bedeutung von Heftromanen
1973
Something Self Explanatory (15x)
1971
Die Teilung aller Tage
1970
The Inextinguishable Fire
1969
Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin
1969
Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets
1969
Untitled or: The Wandering Cinema for En
Untitled or: The Wandering Cinema for Engineering Students
1968
Three Shots at Rudi
Three Shots at Rudi
1968
Their Newspapers
1968
White Christmas
1968
The Campaign Volunteer
1967
Everybody a Berliner Kindl
1966
Two Paths
1966
Harun Farocki as actor
Cinématon n°1068 : Harun Farocki
Cinématon n°1068 : Harun Farocki
Upcoming
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
About Narration
2025
EXPRMNTL
2016 · Himself
A German Youth
2015 · Self (archive footage)
Harun, who only drinks beer, has a glass of wine (2011).
2014 · Harun Farocki
Palette revisited
2005
Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner
Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Harun Farocki
2005 · Self
Who is Helene Schwarz?
Who is Helene Schwarz?
2005 · Self
Starbuck Holger Meins
Starbuck Holger Meins
2002 · Self
The Expression of Hands
1997
Interface
1995 · Self
Workers Leaving the Factory
1995 · Narrador
Navy Cut
Navy Cut
1993
Images of the World and the Inscription of War
1991 · Self (uncredited)
Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith
1988 · Self
Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser
1986
Class Relations
1984 · Delamarche
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika
1983
Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations"
1983
Filme von Peter Weiss
Filme von Peter Weiss
1982 · Self
"Kino 81" - Stillness, a film magazine by film critics
1981 · Self
Zeit der langen Nächte
Zeit der langen Nächte
1981 · Günter
Henry Angst
Henry Angst
1980
Putting Things Straight
1979
Cinématon
1978 · N°1068
Between Two Wars
1978
"Amerika" vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min
"Amerika" vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min. 30 Sec.
1978 · Film director
A Picture of Sarah Schumann
1978 · Self / Interviewer
Es stirbt allerdings ein jeder, fragt sich nur wie und wie Du gelebt hast (Holger Meins)
1976
About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright
1975 · (voice)
Kampf um ein Kind
1975
Something Self Explanatory (15x)
1971
Die Teilung aller Tage
1970
Zum Begriff des 'kritischen Kommunismus'
Zum Begriff des 'kritischen Kommunismus' bei Antonio Labriola (1843-1904)
1970
Wochenschau I: Requiem für eine Firma
Wochenschau I: Requiem für eine Firma
1969
The Inextinguishable Fire
1969
Their Newspapers
1968
Break the Power of the Manipulators
1968
3000 Houses
1967
Farocki dreht
Farocki dreht
1967
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