In a four-decade-long career that generated more than forty films
and numerous stage productions, Werner Schroeter became one of the
most important directors in Germany and Europe since the late
1960s. After making a flurry of short films in a climate of
feverish artistic experimentation and political upheaval, Schroeter
soon gained recognition for Eika Katappa (1969) and The Death of
Maria Malibran (1971), early mature works showcasing avant-garde
performance as iconoclastic expression of rebellion and pathos.
Following a decade of uncompromising experimental work, his deeply
humanist features Il Regno di Napoli (1979) and Palermo or
Wolfsburg (1980) brought him broader success. Yet Schroeter
maintained his reputation as an enfant terrible of the German
cultural scene with controversial stagings of operas and plays and
with smartly observed documentaries on art, film, and politics.
This volume traces Schroeter's career as a filmmaker from early and
rarely discussed works such as Salome (1971) and Willow Springs
(1973) to his late 1970s breakout hits and later complex and mature
art-house productions such as The Rose King (1986), Malina (1991),
and Nuit de Chien (2008). The volume is supplemented by Schroeter's
own writings and conversations and includes an interview with his
long-time collaborator Elfi Mikesch as well as an authoritative and
completely updated filmography.
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