Friedemann Beyer
Directing
Known For

The intricate history of UFA, a film production company founded in 1917 that has survived the Weimar Republic, the Nazi regime, the Adenauer era and the many and tumultuous events of contemporary Germany, and has always been the epicenter of the German film industry.
100 Years of the UFA

From Murnau to Herzog, and until modern incarnations, a mischievous exploration of a cinematographic legendary character, with Nosferatu himself as a guide...
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire

Oliver and the much older photographer Hendrik are a couple. A rather contrasting couple: Hendrik has already achieved a lot in his life and is considered an 'old hand' in his profession. Oliver, on the other hand, is only at the beginning of his career as a photographer and has retained a childlike naivety and playfulness in his life plans. Oliver and the young Silvia meet at a photo session. It is immediately clear to the ambitious Silvia that Oliver is her springboard to a modeling career. That same evening, Hendrik proposes to Oliver. But Oliver makes an almost unfulfillable condition: He wants a child! Hendrik is completely at a loss. What should he do? Then Silvia bursts into his house. All she really wants is to be photographed by Oliver. But things turn out differently...
Silvias Bauch - Zwei Männer und (k)ein Baby

Documentary is a look back at the varied life of the Olympic competitor, inventor and actor Bud Spencer, who became particularly famous in Germany for his "Hau drauf" comedies with film partner Terrence Hill. Through numerous interviews with family members, fans and connoisseurs, the film also provides a very private insight into the life of the man who, by his own admission, actually has nothing in common with the fictional character "Bud Spencer", and attempts to fathom the cult that still surrounds him today.
Bud's Best - Die Welt des Bud Spencer

A documentary of the life of German actress Sybille Schmitz (1909–1955) who rose to prominence in the German cinema of the 1930s and whose final years were used as the basis for Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1982 film 'Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss'.
Dance with Death: The Ufa Star Sybille Schmitz

Documentary of 3 parts that narrates based on the film "The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen" (1943), the progression of color cinema developed in Europe.
Münchhausen - Ein Mythos in Agfacolor

Documentary on the life and work of F.W. Murnau.
Murnau: In the Shadow of Nosferatu
A cranky ex-waiter persuades his friend to take a trip to Vienna, during which all dreams of happiness are shattered