Direction: Ruth Beckermann
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Ruth Beckermann. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
The Waldheim Waltz
2018 · Documentary · 93 min. · Austria
Direction Ruth Beckermann
Cast Kurt Waldheim
Plot A new look at the case of Kurt Waldheim, the former UN Secretary-General with an obscure Nazi wartime past.
6.7
198 votes
6.7
198 votes
Mutzenbacher
2022 · Documentary · 100 min. · Austria
Direction Ruth Beckermann
Cast Michael Datinger · Robert Schindel · Andreas Gröger · Herbert Zotti
Plot Setting that permits analysis, emotion, reflection and intimacy in equal measure, opening up insights for us into the cosmos of eroticism and sexuality: both within and beyond the confines of...
6.2
60 votes
6.2
60 votes
The Dreamed Ones
2016 · Movie · 89 min. · Austria
Direction Ruth Beckermann
Cast Anja Plaschg · Laurence Rupp
6.0
39 votes
6.0
39 votes
Jackson/Marker 4am (S)
2012 · Documentary · 3 min. · Austria
Direction Ruth Beckermann
Plot Announced by a quote from his own creator, someone dances with figure skating clothes to the sound of a piece of music that comes from an unknown source.
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Return to Vienna
1983 · Documentary · 95 min. · Austria
Direction Ruth Beckermann · Josef Aichholzer Filmproduktion
Plot 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 worker’s movement of the Red Vienna and...
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Favoriten
2024 · Documentary · 118 min. · Austria
Direction Ruth Beckermann
Plot More than 60 percent of all children in Viennese primary schools do not speak German as their first language. At the same time, there is an acute shortage of teachers...
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Nach Jerusalem
1991 · Documentary · 87 min. · Israel
Direction Ruth Beckermann
Cast Niki Kunz
Plot In this documentary road movie, Austrian filmmaker Ruth Beckermann records the diverse views and activities of Israelis and Arabs as she travels along the route from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
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American Passages
2011 · Documentary · 120 min. · Austria
Direction Ruth Beckermann
Plot Documentary filmmaker Ruth Beckermann tries to find out if America could be the Promised Land. Why do so many people try to go there - not just to make a...
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East of War
1996 · Documentary · 117 min. · Austria
Direction Ruth Beckermann
Plot A controversial photography exhibit about atrocities committed by the German army on the Eastern Front during World War II inspired Ruth Beckermann to interview soldiers about their experiences beyond the...
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Those Who Go Those Who Stay
2013 · Documentary · 75 min. · Austria
Direction Ruth Beckermann
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Arena besetzt
1977 · Documentary · 76 min. · Austria
Direction Josef Aichholzer Filmproduktion · Ruth Beckermann · Franz Grafl
Cast Leonard Cohen · Walter Mossmann · Willi Resetarits · Die Schmetterlinge
Plot ased on material that emerged during the occupation of the arena in the summer of 1976, the film shows the organization of collective work, the negotiations with the city and...
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Paper Bridge
1987 · Documentary · 95 min. · Austria
Direction Ruth Beckermann
Cast Betty Beckermann · Salo Beckermann · Herbert Gropper · Robert Schindel
Plot Paper Bridge is a journey through Ruth Beckermann’s own family history. At the same time, it depicts the story of Jews throughout Central Europe. It takes her from Vienna, where...
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