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

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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Homemad(e)

2001 · Documentary · 85 min. · Austria

Direction Ruth Beckermann

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Zorros Bar Mizwa

2006 · Documentary · 90 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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