New German Cinema



Name of the Manifesto:

The Oberhausen Manifesto was a declaration by a group of 26 young German filmmakers at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia on 28 February 1962.

Aim of the Manifesto:

The manifesto was a call to arms to establish a "new German feature film". It was initiated by Haro Senft and among the signatories were the directors Alexander Kluge and Edgar Reitz. The manifesto was associated with the motto "Papas Kino ist tot" (Papa's cinema is dead), although this phrase does not appear in the manifesto itself.

 Time period:

Launched in 1962.
by a Group of young film makers.

Major Film makers within the movement:

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder
 Werner Herzog
Wim Wenders

 Themes expressed through the films:

Herzog was exploring man’s inner essence – the beast inside – in Aguirre, Heart Of Glass and The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser

Fassbinder dwelt on his capacity for artifice and elaborate parlour games (The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant, Fox And His Friends)

Wenders headed for the open road that would eventually lead to Paris, Texas.

What previous New Wave movement was an influence

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