FICTION FACTORY is a Munich-based film production company specializing in documentaries and DVD/Blu-ray special features.

This website offers a complete chronological listing of every documentary produced by Fiction Factory since the start of the company in 2002, currently more than 280 titles. (Also included are earlier documentaries by Robert Fischer produced for German television in 1999-2000 and Fischer’s contributions to The Criterion Collection. Please note that most of the latter are produced and owned by Criterion.) The DVD/Blu-ray section lists, in alphabetical order, every published DVD or blu-ray that contains bonus features produced by Fiction Factory and/or Robert Fischer, with currently over 480 entries from all over the world. A search by director (either as subject or contributor) is possible either by clicking on a director’s name in the column on the right, or by using the search bar. If you are looking for films, names or subjects NOT listed in our database, please contact us! We are constantly working on new productions, shooting in Europe or the USA. We have also gained exclusive access to a large collection of archival interviews, and are in the process of making these available. See here for a selection of these mostly unedited and unpublished filmed interviews with directors, actors, film historians and other experts or crew members. Among the subjects covered are the films of Budd Boetticher, Edward Dmytryk, Federico Fellini, Richard Fleischer, Alfred Hitchcock, Jerry Lewis, Louis Malle, Otto Preminger, Francesco Rosi, Edgar G. Ulmer, Raoul Walsh, William A. Wellman, Fred Zinnemann and many others.

FAR FROM HEAVEN | Germany | Filmjuwelen | 21 April 2023

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary A POWERFUL POLITICAL POTENTIAL: TODD HAYNES ON SIRK AND FASSBINDER (15 min).

LE COMTE DE MONTE-CRISTO (1954) | Germany | Filmjuwelen | 6 April 2023

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary EIN HANDWERKER DES KINOS: ELKE SEEL-VIANDON ÜBER DAS LEBEN UND DIE FILME VON ROBERT VERNAY (61 min).

PLUTONIUM | Germany | Filmjuwelen | 24 March 2023

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary RAINER ERLER ERZÄHLT: PLUTONIUM (1978) (8 min).

THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED | UK | Arrow Video | 6 March 2023

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary THIS BOY’S INNOCENCE: JOHN MOULDER-BROWN ON THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMS (24 min).

HURRY SUNDOWN | Australia | Imprint | 22 February 2023

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY OTTO PREMINGER: AN APPRECIATION BY PETER BOGDANOVICH (34 min).

THE MOUNTAIN | Australia | Imprint | 22 February 2023

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary EDWARD DMYTRYK ON THE HOLLYWOOD TEN (25 min).

THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN | USA | MVD Rewind | 24 January 2023

Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries THE FIRST AMERICAN VIRGIN: BOAZ DAVIDSON ON THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN (36 min), MEMORIES OF A PIZZA BOY: LAWRENCE MONOSON ON THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN (26 min), BABE OF THE EIGHTIES: DIANE FRANKLIN ON THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN (21 min), and IN PRAISE OF SMALLER MOVIES: ADAM GREENBERG ON THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN (21 min).

NEWS – BERICHT ÜBER EINE REISE IN EINE STRAHLENDE ZUKUNFT | Germany | Filmjuwelen | 16 December 2022

Contains the Fiction Factory doucmentaries RAINER ERLER ERZÄHLT: VON DER BAVARIA ZUR PENTAGRAMMA (1952-1973) (39 min) and RAINER ERLER ERZÄHLT: NEWS – BERICHT ÜBER EINE REISE IN EINE STRAHLENDE ZUKUNFT (1986) (8 min).

DIE LETZTEN FERIEN | Germany | Filmjuwelen | 9 December 2022

Contains the Fiction Factory doucmentary RAINER ERLER ERZÄHLT: VON DER BAVARIA ZUR PENTAGRAMMA (1952-1973) (39 min).

ROLLERBALL | USA | Shout! Factory | 22 November 2022

Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries THE BIKE WORK: CRAIG R. BAXLEY ON THE MOTORCYCLE STUNTS IN ROLLERBALL (18 min) and THE FOURTH CITY: SHOOTING ROLLERBALL IN MUNICH (18 min).

THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT | France | Wild Side Video | 26 October 2022

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary AN AMERICAN DISSIDENT: MILOS FORMAN ON THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT (18 min).

THE LAST DETAIL | USA | Shout! Factory | 25 October 2022

Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries PROGRAM NOTES: AN INTRODUCTION TO »THE LAST DETAIL« BY ALEXANDER PAYNE (5 min), ABOUT A TRIP: ALEXANDER PAYNE ON HAL ASHBY’S »THE LAST DETAIL« (16 min), and A SEARCH FOR TRUTH: ROBERT C. JONES ON HAL ASHBY’S »THE LAST DETAIL« (21 min).

Zwei Theatertruppen, ein Wanderzirkus und eine Band beschließen, sich auf ein gewagtes Experiment einzulassen: Die Schauspieler*innen, Artist*innen und Musiker*innen, von denen sich viele für dieses Projekt zum ersten Mal treffen, werden ihre kreativen Kräfte bündeln, um Bertolt Brechts Stück Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui auf innovative, spektakuläre Weise aufzuführen. Sie alle eint die Überzeugung, dass Brechts Warnung vor der Machtübernahme eines Diktators heute genauso aktuell ist wie zur Zeit ihrer Entstehung.

Über einen Zeitraum von zwei Jahren und mit viel Herzblut beobachtet DAS ARTURO-PROJEKT die Arbeit an diesem halsbrecherischen Unterfangen von den ersten Proben bis zur glanzvollen Premiere und zeichnet dabei ein intimes Porträt einer Gruppe sehr unterschiedlicher kreativer Menschen, die auf unerwartete Weise etwas schaffen, das am Ende jeden einzelnen von ihnen für immer verändert haben wird.

Robert Fischers neuer Dokumentarfilm feiert am 27. August 2022 im Rahmen des 16. Fünf Seen Filmfestivals (24.8.-4.9.) seine Weltpremiere. Weitere Informationen und Tickets auf der Homepage des FSFF oder über diesen Link.

»DAS ARTURO-PROJEKT ist ein Ausdruck der Kreativität und der Synergie zwischen Kunstrichtungen par excellence« (Fünf Seen Filmfestival).

Directed by Walter Hill | Australia | Imprint | Spring 2023

Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries OUTLAW BROTHERS: THE MAKING OF THE LONG RIDERS (61 min), THE NORTHFIELD MINNESOTA RAID: ANATOMY OF A SCENE (15 min), SLOW MOTION: WALTER HILL ON SAM PECKINPAH (6 min), and CODES TO LIVE BY: WALTER HILL ON JOHNNY HANDSOME (44 min).

BARABBAS | Australia | Imprint | 29 June 2022

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary RICHARD FLEISCHER: LOOKING BACK (27 min).