Abstract
This paper focuses on Michael Pilz’s Himmel und Erde, a documentary film based around footage shot over two years largely by Pilz himself from February 1980 in an Ortschaft called Obdach in the mountains in Steiermark, Austria with the main focus on the village of Sankt Anna. The film is in two parts entitled Die Ordnung der Dinge / The Order of Things and Der Lauf der Dinge / The Course of Things and is pervaded by the contemplative personality of the director.