German New Wave

In 1962 New German Cinema was launched. A group of film makers declared a new agenda for German Film. The document was called the Oberhausen Manifesto

Films in Germany were in decline and were of low quality and content


Three directors led the movment:

Werner Herzog, Rainer Michael Fassbinder and Wim Wenders, German cinema began to reflect issues of the time.

New German Cinema:

Yesterday Girl (1966)

Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968)
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (1975)
The Tin Drum (1979)

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)