Ruth Beckermann Movies

  • 2018
    The Waldheim Waltz

    The Waldheim Waltz

    The Waldheim Waltz

    7.72018HD

    Ruth Beckermann documents the process of uncovering former UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim’s wartime past. It shows the swift succession of...

    The Waldheim Waltz
  • 2022
    Mutzenbacher

    Mutzenbacher

    Mutzenbacher

    6.22022HD

    An audition for men aged between 16 and 99. There are no props nor make-up, just pure improvisation. All that is required is the willingness to...

    Mutzenbacher
  • 2016
    The Dreamed Ones

    The Dreamed Ones

    The Dreamed Ones

    8.152016HD

    It’s not uncommon for a film to have a moving love story at its core. Yet this particular set-up is unusual. The lovers here are Ingeborg...

    The Dreamed Ones
  • 2024
    Favoriten

    Favoriten

    Favoriten

    02024HD

    Favoriten is one of the most culturally diverse neighborhoods in Vienna and the starting point of Ruth Beckermann’s latest documentary, in...

    Favoriten
  • 1999
    A Fleeting Passage to the Orient

    A Fleeting Passage to the Orient

    A Fleeting Passage to the Orient

    5.81999HD

    Images of Egypt: prolonged tracking shots through the streets of Cairo, cafes, bazars, hotels and gardens, footage of the desert and the sea. Ruth...

    A Fleeting Passage to the Orient
  • 1983
    Return to Vienna

    Return to Vienna

    Return to Vienna

    6.61983HD

    Franz West (1909-85) remembers his youth in Vienna: the variety of the Jewish population of the so called Matzah-Island, his commitment to the...

    Return to Vienna
  • 2006
    Zorro’s Bar Mitzvah

    Zorro’s Bar Mitzvah

    Zorro’s Bar Mitzvah

    5.52006HD

    Four 12-year-olds—Sharon, Tom, Moishy, and Sophie—prepare for their bar or bat mitzvot.

    Zorro’s Bar Mitzvah
  • 1987
    The Paper Bridge

    The Paper Bridge

    The Paper Bridge

    7.31987HD

    Beckermann's parents met in Vienna after the Holocaust. Tracing the migratory paths of her family before World War II, Beckerman returns to the...

    The Paper Bridge
  • 2013
    Those Who Go Those Who Stay

    Those Who Go Those Who Stay

    Those Who Go Those Who Stay

    5.52013HD

    Rain on a window pane, a fire truck, a tomcat with innumerable offspring: it is an intentionally unintentional gaze that allows for chance...

    Those Who Go Those Who Stay
  • 2020
    Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years

    Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years

    Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years

    5.22020HD

    This historical and analytical documentary draws attention to the background of the roots of "New Austrian Cinema" and presents Austria as a film...

    Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years
  • 2011
    American Passages

    American Passages

    American Passages

    6.22011HD

    Initially, there's that moment of happiness: an African-American celebrating in Harlem cheers "We're free!" as if Barack Obama's victory meant the...

    American Passages
  • 1981
    The Steel Hammer Out There On the Grass

    The Steel Hammer Out There On the Grass

    The Steel Hammer Out There On the Grass

    01981HD

    On March 28th 1981, 10.000 people take to the streets. The city of Judenburg demonstrates for the preservation of their steel plant. The...

    The Steel Hammer Out There On the Grass
  • 1991
    Toward Jerusalem

    Toward Jerusalem

    Toward Jerusalem

    61991HD

    In this documentary road movie, Austrian filmmaker Ruth Beckermann records the diverse views and activities of Israelis and Arabs as she travels...

    Toward Jerusalem
  • 2006
    The Mozart Minute

    The Mozart Minute

    The Mozart Minute

    52006HD

    Twenty-eight well-known filmmakers living and working in Austria were invited by WIENER MOZARTJAHR 2006, to produce associative miniatures on Mozart....

    The Mozart Minute
  • 1996
    East of War

    East of War

    East of War

    6.81996HD

    White-tiled rooms, neon lighting; on the walls black and white photographs documenting the atrocities committed by the german Wehrmacht on the...

    East of War
  • 1977
    Arena Squatted

    Arena Squatted

    Arena Squatted

    5.51977HD

    Based on material that emerged during the occupation of the arena in the summer of 1976, the film shows the organization of collective work, the...

    Arena Squatted
  • 2001
    Homemad(e)

    Homemad(e)

    Homemad(e)

    6.22001HD

    Marc Aurel-Straße in Vienna: The last surviving Jewish textile merchant in the former textile district, the Iranian hotel proprietor and the...

    Homemad(e)
  • 2023
    Strade perdute - Filmmaker 23

    Strade perdute - Filmmaker 23

    Strade perdute - Filmmaker 23

    02023HD

    For Filmmaker Film Festival (2023), Fulvio Baglivi and Cristina Piccino asked some filmmakers (R. Beckermann, J. Bressane, D’Anolfi/Parenti, T....

    Strade perdute - Filmmaker 23
  • 2012
    Jackson/Marker 4am

    Jackson/Marker 4am

    Jackson/Marker 4am

    02012HD

    Introduced with a quote that invents its own creator, someone is dancing in a figure skating costume to a piece of music that conceals its source.

    Jackson/Marker 4am
  • 1978
    Suddenly, A Strike

    Suddenly, A Strike

    Suddenly, A Strike

    01978HD

    In the Semperit tyre factory, the only strike after World War II takes place in May 1978, lasting for three weeks. The film shows the course of the...

    Suddenly, A Strike