《垃圾桶小孩的故事》由德国新电影主将之一爱德嘉·莱兹（《故乡》1984）及其学生乌拉·施特克尔（《猫有九条命》1968，被誉为西德第一部女性主义电影）于1969-1971年间拍摄制作的实验电影。影片采用分集短片形式，共25集，每集长短不一。讲述一个从医院垃圾桶的子宫污汙中诞生的红衣小孩，进入社会后的故事。影片由莱兹本人的制片公司制作，完成后起初并未按正常渠道发行，而是制作了一份25集的“菜单”，于慕尼黑的一家酒吧“点单”放映（除周一外每日放映，入场3.5马克）。在第17集中，赫尔佐格饰演了一个角色，是他作为演员的荧幕首秀。 菜单如下： Dumpster Kid Menu 1) Old Men If Dumpster Kid wants to, she can make some men end up standing around in their underwear. 1’06’’ 2) Dumpster Kid's Childhood You should definitely see this story! An afterbirth leads an independent life – but then child welfare comes along. 6’13’’ 3) Dumpster Syndrome Something about the ability of our society to understand everything, forgive everything and pay for everything. 10’15’’ 4) Cleanliness is a House’s Decoration Dumpster Kid in the shower, in the rain and under the eaves. 4’30’’ 5) Cats Have Fleas Dumpster Kid pretends to sleep, because she wants to find out what might happen. But her stepmother interferes. 8’34’’ 6) Dumpster Kid Becomes Smooth and Round A spiritual man who knows what is good for people attempts to raise Dumpster Kid. 4’52’’ 7) A Tiny Bit of Happiness Dumpster Kid fools around with the fruits of the field. 2’03’’ 8) Dumpster Kid Gets to Know a Lord and is Hanged That’s true, but the revenge is particularly sweet. 17’10’’ 9) Dumpster Kid Tells a Fairy Tale to a Queen A story to listen to and watch. 6’08’’ 10) Dumpster Kid Learns a Dubious Game Dumpster Kid learns first-hand how a pleasurable connection develops between stroking and hitting. 3’31’’ 11) Dumpster Kid Learns How to Say No Dumpster Kid is getting married, but at the crucial moment she suddenly gets nervous. All hell breaks loose. 16’40’’ 12) A Marmot Learns How to Dance Dumpster Kid is supposed to learn what to do at the country fair. She sings songs, swears at people and steals the cash box. 18’51’’ 13) All Power to the Vampire It is hard to believe how many vampires there might be. Dumpster Kid calls upon them all for a major demonstration. 2’19’’ 14) Freedom Through Al Capone Dumpster Kid is constantly talking about revolution, but Al Capone, the pig, is talking about something quite different. 18’36’’ 15) A Shoplifter After a nice shopping spree, Dumpster Kid ends up sitting on the lap of the shop assistant and goes along with it only a little bit. 3’38’’ 16) Particularly Kind Parents Dumpster Kid has to learn that sexual intercourse can also be quite nasty when it takes place in the toilet. 9’ 17) The Value of Money is Low on Earth Dumpster Kid goes on the game and is murdered. 15’13’’ 18) To the audience: Please leave any stories and moneymaking tips at the box-office. 19) Burn the Witch Is Dumpster Kid destined to be burnt at the stake? Will she be saved from above? 4’15’’ 20) To the audience: Please leave any stories and moneymaking tips at the box-office. 21) Dumpster Kid Likes to Have a Good Friend for Dinner The way to a person's heart is through his stomach. But sometimes you ruin him that way. 9’35’’ 22) Dumpster Kid Drowns Dumpster Kids There is lovely music to this one, and it is all very poetic. 4’13’’ 23) To the audience: Please inquire about stories and moneymaking tips at the box-office. 24) Dumpster Kid Rides for the King The greatest film of all time. Intrigue, old walls, squeaking floors, the queen sleeps with the wrong man, Dumpster Kid marries d‘Artagnan and rides off on a white horse, more intrigue, and this time Dumpster Kid plays along. By the end of it, all the blame is put on her. 25’30’’ 25) The Bank Account in the Woods Dumpster Kid believes in our credit system. She therefore has to jump out of the fourth floor of a house and sing a sad song. 11’46’’ 26) to 64) Please leave any stories and money-making tips at the box-office. (Edgar Reitz Stiftung)

For over half a century, the filmmaker Edgar Reitz, one of the signatories of the Oberhausen Manifesto and a pioneer of epic film narration, has explored, as a practitioner and theoretician, the rules and limits of cinema, which he always seeks to break and extend in new ways. One example of his tireless search and research are the Geschichten vom Kübelkind, which he co-directed with Ula Stöckl in 1969/70, 22 absurdly funny, subversive and anarchistic short films of different lengths, which consciously oppose all conventions, with incredible success. The films remain unrivalled in their Dadaistic inventiveness. The documentary Der Film verlässt das Kino: Vom Kübelkind-Experiment und anderen Utopien centres on how the Geschichten vom Kübelkind, now rediscovered and restored, actually came about. Edgar Reitz, Ula Stöckl, Werner Herzog, Alexander Kluge and other filmmakers and contemporaries look back on the conditions that made this and other such visionary projects possible 50 years ago. They are all concerned with the question: What will the future of moving pictures look like?

In the summer of 1967, journalist Katharina is visited in Munich by her French friend Anne. They take day trips and visit cafés, acquaintances, and parties. In a series of conversations between them and other women, they talk about the chances for female emancipation in a male-dominated society.