FICTION FACTORY is a Bavarian 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 350 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 more than 620 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 See here for a selection of these mostly unedited and unpublished filmed interviews with directors, actors, film historians and other experts or crew members; among the subjects covered are the films of Federico Fellini, Jerry Lewis, Francesco Rosi, Edgar G. Ulmer, Raoul Walsh, William A. Wellman, Fred Zinnemann and many others.

DRESSED TO KILL | France | Le Chat qui fume | March 2026

Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries SYMPHONY OF FEAR: GEORGE LITTO ON DRESSED TO KILL (17 min), DRESSED IN WHITE: ANGIE DICKINSON ON DRESSED TO KILL (29 min), DRESSED IN PURPLE: NANCY ALLEN ON DRESSED TO KILL (22 min), and LESSONS IN FILMMAKING: KEITH GORDON ON DRESSED TO KILL (30 min).

BLOW OUT | France | Le Chat qui fume | March 2026

Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries RETURN TO PHILADELPHIA: GEORGE LITTO ON BLOW OUT (18 min), RAG DOLL MEMORIES: NANCY ALLEN ON BLOW OUT (21 min), and BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOR: VILMOS ZSIGMOND ON BLOW OUT (27 min).

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT | Australia | Imprint | 7 January 2026

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary MONSIEUR TRUFFAUT MEETS MR. HITCHCOCK (30 min).

THE OLD DARK HOUSE | Australia | Imprint | 7 January 2026

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary GLORIA STUART: LOOKING BACK (44 min).

THE NEVERENDING STORY (TV) | Germany | Fernsehjuwelen | 31 December 2025

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary ÜBERALL IST PHANTÁSIEN: DIETER GEISSLER ÜBER DIE PRODUKTION DER UNENDLICHEN GESCHICHTEN (27 min).

DER RICHTER UND SEIN HENKER aka END OF THE GAME aka MURDER ON THE BRIDGE | Germany | Filmjuwelen | 18 December 2025

Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries SCHACH MIT DÜRRENMATT: MAXIMILIAN SCHELL ÜBER »DER RICHTER UND SEIN HENKER« (28 min) and DIE MAGIE DER MONTAGE: DAGMAR HIRTZ ÜBER »DER RICHTER UND SEIN HENKER« (36 min).

HEMINGWAY | Germany | Fernsehjuwelen | 4 December 2025

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary ERINNERUNGEN AN »HEMINGWAY«: BERNHARD SINKEL IM GESPRÄCH MIT ROBERT FISCHER (4 parts, total rt: 72 min).

SISSI – LES 3 FILMS DE LA SAGA | France | Rimini Editions | 18 November 2025

Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries ACH, DIE SISSI!: WIE ROMY LERNTE, NEIN ZU SAGEN (10 min) and ZWEI BÜCHER FÜR ROMY: EIN BESUCH BEI RENATE SEYDEL (31 min).

THE FIRE WITHIN | Australia | Umbrella | 5 November 2025

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary LOUIS MALLE ON LOUIS MALLE: REMEMBERING »THE FIRE WITHIN« (24 min).

PUSHING HAND / THE WEDDING BANQUET / EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN | Australia | Imprint |        24 September 2025

Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries THE CENTER OF GRAVITY: ANG LEE AND JAMES SCHAMUS ON PUSHING HANDS (24 min), FAMILY VALUES: ANG LEE ON THE WEDDING BANQUET (26 min), A COMEDY OF REMARRIAGE: JAMES SCHAMUS ON THE WEDDING BANQUET (22 min), THE BEST MAN: MITCHELL LICHTENSTEIN ON THE WEDDING BANQUET (21 min), THE ESSENCE OF LIFE: ANG LEE ON EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN (22 min), and FATHER KNOWS BEST: JAMES SCHAMUS ON EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN (13 min).

THE NEVERENDING STORY II | Germany | Filmjuwelen| 18 September 2025

Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries FABRIZIERTE PHANTASIE: GÖTZ WEIDNER ÜBER VISUELLE KONZEPTE IN »DIE UNENDLICHE GESCHICHTE II« (50 min) and PHANTASTISCHE WELTEN: EIN BESUCH BEI LUDWIG UND MARGIT ANGERER (23 min).

THE NEVERENDING STORY III | Germany | Filmjuwelen | 18 September 2025

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary ÜBERALL IST PHANTÁSIEN: DIETER GEISSLER ÜBER DIE PRODUKTION DER UNENDLICHEN GESCHICHTEN (27 min).

MIDNIGHT COWBOY | Australia | Imprint | 30 July 2025

Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries SALUTE TO JOHN SCHLESINGER: AN ENGLISHMAN IN HOLLYWOOD (19 min) and SALUTE TO JOHN SCHLESINGER: MIDNIGHT COWBOY AT THE SBIFF 1998 (15 min).

THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED | Australia | Imprint | 30 July 2025

Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries PERSONAL INVESTMENT: SYDNEY POLLACK ON AMERICAN CINEMA AND 40 YEARS IN HOLLYWOOD (41 min), THE TIMES OF NATALIE WOOD: AN APPRECIATION BY GAVIN LAMBERT (30 min), and NATALIE WOOD: A TRIBUTE BY PETER BOGDANOVICH (19 min).

FIRST LOVE | USA | VCI Entertainment | 15 July 2025

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary DEEP PASSIONS: JOHN MOULDER-BROWN ON MAXIMILIAN SCHELL’S FIRST LOVE (25 min).

THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING | Australia | Imprint | 25 June 2025

Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries HIGH ATLAS ADVENTURE: ANGELA ALLEN ON JOHN HUSTON AND THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (43 min) and A GENTLE GIANT: DANNY HUSTON ON HIS FATHER JOHN HUSTON (8 min).

RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER VOL. 3 | France | Carlotta | 3 June 2025

Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries FASSBINDER IN HOLLYWOOD (57 min), ALTER EGO: HARRY BAER ON RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER (41 min), WORKING WITH FASSBINDER: RENATE LEIFFER ON MOTHER KÜSTERS GOES TO HEAVEN (32 min), and HANNA SCHYGULLA: LILI MARLEEN REMEMBERED (6 min).

HARLOW | Australia | Imprint | 28 May 2025

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary CARROLL BAKER: LOOKING BACK (53 min).

IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE | Australia | Imprint | 30 April 2025

Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries JACK ARNOLD REMEMBERS: IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE (25 min) and THE 3-D GIRL: KATHLEEN HUGHES ON IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE           (6 min).