With films including the 'rubble woman' portrait Martha, the three-part experimental film cycle Potter's Stier, Venus nach Giorgione and Frau am Klavichord, the portrait of the artist Kurzer Besuch bei Hermann Glöckner, and also the documentaries Rangierer and Die Küche, noted for their outstanding sound and visuals, Jürgen Böttcher distances himself yet further from the didactic tone and abstract heroic representation of socialist films. In Georgien is the only full-length film that Böttcher was able to shoot on location outside of the GDR.
The films
Martha - GDR 1978 - Directed and written by: Jürgen Böttcher - Cinematography by: Wolfgang Dietzel - Produced by: DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Potter's Stier - GDR 1981 - Directed and written by: Jürgen Böttcher - Cinematography by: Thomas Plenert - Produced by: DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme
Venus nach Giorgione - GDR 1981 - Directed and written by: Jürgen Böttcher - Cinematography by: Thomas Plenert - Produced by: DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme
Frau am Klavichord - GDR 1981 - Drehbuch, Regie und Musik: Jürgen Böttcher - Kamera: Thomas Plenert - Produced by: DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme
Kurzer Besuch bei Hermann Glöckner - GDR 1984 - Directed and written by: Jürgen Böttcher - Cinematography by: Thomas Plenert - Produced by: DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme
Rangierer - GDR 1984 - Directed by: Jürgen Böttcher - Written by: Jürgen Böttcher, Ulrich Eifler Cinematography by: Thomas Plenert - Produced by: DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme
Die Küche - GDR 1986 - Directed by: Jürgen Böttcher - Written by: Jürgen Böttcher, Ulrich Eifler Cinematography by: Thomas Plenert - Produced by: DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme
In Georgien - GDR 1987 - Directed and written by: Jürgen Böttcher - Cinematography by: Thomas Plenert - Produced by: DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme
DVD features (2-disc DVD set)
DVD 1
- Martha 1978, 48'
- Potter's Stier 1981, 16'
- Venus nach Giorgione 1981, 22'
- Frau am Klavichord 1981, 16'
- Kurzer Besuch bei Hermann Glöckner 1984, 32'
- Rangierer 1984, 22'
DVD 2
- Die Küche 1986, 42'
- In Georgien 1987, 103'
- 16 page trilingual booklet with texts by Jürgen Böttcher and Claus Löser
Edited by: Filmmuseum München, Goethe-Institut and DEFA-Stiftung
DVD authoring: Tobias Dressel
DVD supervision: Stefan Drößler, Ralf Schenk, Franziska Schuster
First edition July 2016, Second edition December 2018
