Based on the enormously popular Bavarian folk tale, "Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar" tells the story of the widowed gunsmith Brandner Kasper who is living in the Schliersee mountains in ...
From early age on, the two brothers Reinhold and Günther Messner had one big dream: to one day climb the Nanga Parbat, the so-called "Naked Mountain" in the Himalaya with an elevation of mo...
For thousands of years, the Boandlkramer, better known as Death Incarnate, has been guiding people to the afterlife. But now something most unexpected has happened: He has fallen in love! The cause of...
Documentary by Joseph Vilsmaier, who takes the viewers on a journey to the most beautiful sites and landscapes of the Free State of Bavaria. With his camera, Vilsmaier visits picturesque towns, portra...
Documentary, in which director Joseph Vilsmaier deals with the different customs in the seven administrative districts of the Free State of Bavaria. He shows the various feasts, customs and traditions...
Autumn MilkGermany at the end of the 1920s: After her mother passed away, 8-year old Anna has to run the household of the family farm. Due to the immense workload, the child has to quit school. In 193...
Zum Gedenken an die Deportation der Juden aus Berlin versammelt sich im Jahr 2005 eine Gruppe Menschen am Berliner S-Bahnhof Wannsee. Unter ihnen Nina und Ruth, die 1943 ab Grunewald nach Ausschwitz t...
On the set of "Bergkristall" (2004)
Joseph Vilsmaier
On the set of "Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar" (2008)
Joseph Vilsmaier on the set (2012)
Michael Bully Herbig, Franz Xaver Kroetz, Joseph Vilsmaier (from left to right) on the set of "Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar" (2008)
Joseph Vilsmaier while shooting "Der Boandlkramer und die ewige Liebe" (2019)
On the set of "Marlene" (1999/2000)
At a press conference on the occasion of the film "Bavaria - Traumreise durch Bayern" (2012)