The Paper Bridge
1987 | 92 min | Documentary
A journey through Austrian filmmaker Ruth Beckermann's own family's history and at the same time, the story of Central Europe's Jews and of a region.
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Films
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Return to Vienna
1983 | 91 min | Documentary
Franz West (1909-85) remembers his youth in Vienna: the diverse Jewish population the Red Vienna labor movement and the rise of Austrofascism.
A Fleeting Passage To The Orient
1999 | 82 min | Biography
This captivating film shows the less-knon sides of the Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, aka Empress Sissi on her travels to Egypt in 1885 and 1891.
Homemad(e)
2001 | 85 min | Documentary
Acclaimed Austrian documentary director Ruth Beckermann portrays a dying culture of Viennese urban history.
Those Who Go Those Who Stay
2013 | 75 min | Documentary
THOSE WHO GO THOSE WHO STAY is Ruth Beckermann's meta-film - an analysis of her own cinematic works, a kind of progress report.
East of War
1996 | 112 min | Documentary
The testimonies of former Wehrmacht soldiers collected by Ruth Beckermann are still horrifying today.
Towards Jerusalem
1990 | 85 min | Documentary
Beckermann's subjects offer a dramatic range of candid opinions about Arab-Jewish relations, immigration, the intifada, religion, and the economy.
Chasing Paper Birds
2020 | 123 min | Drama
Driven by their obsessions and fears, three Berliners lose themselves in the urban jungle.
Children Below Deck
2018 | 94 min | Documentary
This film is the personal story of three generations of a family: grandmother, father and daughter - doctor, psychoanalyst and filmmaker.
American Passages
2011 | 120 min | Documentary
An epic documentary panorama about a journey through the United States.
Europa Passage
2022 | 89 min | Documentary
A movie about people who have no chance but still try to make the best of it. And about the price they have to pay for it.
Beckerbillett
1992 | 18 min | Documentary
This documentary draws viewers' attention to an equally neglected and essential process in the cultural economy: the ticket.