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Harun Farocki

Personal Information

Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Born / DiedJan 9, 1944 (Died at 70)
Zodiac Sign♑Capricorn
Place of BirthNeutitschein, Sudetenland
Career Span1966 – 2014
Known Credits102 Titles
Official Links
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DirectingPopularity Score 0.7

Harun Farocki

Also known as:Rosa MercedesMercedes Rossa
Total Works

102

101 movies • 1 shows

Avg Rating

6.8 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

Biography

Harun Farocki was a German filmmaker, author, and lecturer in film. He made over 90 films, the vast majority of them short experimental documentaries.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Phoenix
6.8
Phoenix
2014•movie
Role: Co-Writer
Barbara
7.1
Barbara
2012•movie
Role: Writer
Yella
6.2
Yella
2007•movie
Role: Script Editor
The State I Am In
6.8
The State I Am In
2001•movie
Role: Writer

Photos & Headshots2

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 102 titles featuring Harun Farocki

Phoenix
6.8
Phoenix
2014•movie

Role: Co-Writer

Barbara
7.1
Barbara
2012•movie

Role: Writer

Yella
6.2
Yella
2007•movie

Role: Script Editor

The State I Am In
6.8
The State I Am In
2001•movie

Role: Writer

Ghosts
6.1
Ghosts
2005•movie

Role: Screenplay

A German Youth
7.1
A German Youth
2015•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Videograms of a Revolution
7.9

Role: Director

The Inextinguishable Fire
6.2
Class Relations
6.8
Class Relations
1984•movie

as Delamarche

Images of the World and the Inscription of War
6.7

as Self (uncredited)

Cuba Libre
6.3
Cuba Libre
1996•movie

Role: Screenplay

Pilots
6.2
Pilots
1995•movie

Role: Script Editor

Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika
6.4
The Warm Money
6.1
The Warm Money
1992•movie

Role: Script Editor

An Image
5.7
An Image
1983•movie

Role: Director

Prison Images
7.2
Prison Images
2000•movie

Role: Director

Cinématon
4.9
Cinématon
1978•movie

as N°1068

Workers Leaving the Factory
6.4

as Narrador

Es stirbt allerdings ein jeder, fragt sich nur wie und wie Du gelebt hast (Holger Meins)
7.1
Still Life
7.1
Still Life
1997•movie

Role: Writer

Respite
6.3
Respite
2007•movie

Role: Director

How to Live in the German Federal Republic
6.0

Role: Director

Between Two Wars
6.5
Between Two Wars
1978•movie
The Expression of Hands
6.2
I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts
6.5

Role: Screenplay

As You See
7.0
As You See
1986•movie

Role: Director

Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser
6.5
Memories
5.5
Memories
2007•movie

Role: Director

War at a Distance
6.4
War at a Distance
2003•movie

Role: Screenplay

A Day in the Life of a Consumer
5.8

Role: Director

The Appearance
6.6
The Appearance
1996•movie

Role: Director

Interface
6.5
Interface
1995•movie

as Self

Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith
6.2

as Self

A New Product
6.5
A New Product
2012•movie

Role: Writer

In Comparison
6.6
In Comparison
2009•movie

Role: Director

Nothing Ventured
7.0
Nothing Ventured
2004•movie

Role: Director

The Creators of the Shopping Worlds
6.5

Role: Director

Words and Games
6.5
Words and Games
1998•movie

Role: Screenplay

The Double Face of Peter Lorre
5.8

Role: Director

Übertragung
6.3
Übertragung
2007•movie

Role: Director

White Christmas
5.7
White Christmas
1968•movie

Role: Writer

Their Newspapers
7.0
Their Newspapers
1968•movie
Harun, who only drinks beer, has a glass of wine (2011).
4.0

as Harun Farocki

A Picture of Sarah Schumann
9.0

as Self / Interviewer

Kampf um ein Kind
7.0
Kampf um ein Kind
1975•movie
About Narration
8.0
About Narration
2025•movie
Something Self Explanatory (15x)
10.0
Kulturplatz
6.0
1 eps
Kulturplatz
2004•series

as Self

Aufstellung
10.0
Aufstellung
2005•movie

Role: Director

Eye / Machine III
10.0
Eye / Machine III
2003•movie

Role: Screenplay

Eye / Machine II
9.0
Eye / Machine II
2002•movie

Role: Director

Eye / Machine I
9.0
Eye / Machine I
2001•movie

Role: Director

The Leading Role
7.0
The Leading Role
1994•movie

Role: Director

Before Your Eyes - Vietnam
7.0

Role: Director

Betrayed
9.0
Betrayed
1985•movie

Role: Director

Parallel I–IV
8.0
Parallel I–IV
2014•movie

Role: Director

The Words of the Chairman
8.0

Role: Director

Serious Games 1–4
8.0

Role: Director

Counter-Music
7.0
Counter-Music
2004•movie

Role: Director

Serious Games 2 – Three Dead
10.0

Role: Writer

Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow
10.0

Role: Writer

Serious Games 3 – Immersion
10.0

Role: Writer

Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down"
10.0

Role: Writer

The Campaign Volunteer
10.0

Role: Director

Everybody a Berliner Kindl
10.0

Role: Writer

The Taste of Life
8.0
The Taste of Life
1979•movie

Role: Director

Two Paths
7.0
Two Paths
1966•movie

Role: Writer

Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets
7.0

Role: Producer

Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin
8.0

Role: Producer

Make Up
10.0
Make Up
2025•movie

Role: Director

Remember Tomorrow is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life
9.0

Role: Director

Deutsche Polizisten: Viele Kulturen - eine Truppe
7.0

Role: Producer

Industry and Photography
9.0

Role: Director

8.0

Role: Director

Brunner is Next
8.0
Brunner is Next
1973•movie

Role: Director

Die Menschen stehen vorwärts in den Straßen
7.0

Role: Director

Camera and Reality
8.0
Camera and Reality
1992•movie

Role: Director

Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations"
About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright

as (voice)

Palette revisited
Palette revisited
2005•movie
3000 Houses
9.0
3000 Houses
1967•movie
"Kino 81" - Stillness, a film magazine by film critics

as Self

Die Teilung aller Tage
Putting Things Straight
EXPRMNTL
EXPRMNTL
2016•movie

as Himself

Break the Power of the Manipulators
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sauerbruch Hutton Architects

Role: Director

Am Rand der Städte

Role: Producer

The Trouble with Images. A Critique of Television

Role: Director

The Silver and the Cross

Role: Director

Deep Play
Deep Play
2007•movie

Role: Director

On Construction of Griffith’s Films

Role: Director

Bedtime Stories: Railways

Role: Director

Bedtime Stories: Cat

Role: Director

Bedtime Stories: Ships

Role: Director

Bedtime Stories: Bridges

Role: Director

As If We Were Somebody Else

Role: Dramaturgy

Filmbooks
Filmbooks
1986•movie

Role: Director

Bent or Broken
9.0
Bent or Broken
1975•movie

Role: Screenplay

Confusion
Confusion
2017•movie

Role: Director

Indoctrination
Indoctrination
1987•movie

Role: Director