Ruth Beckermann

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Ruth Beckermann is an Austrian author and filmmaker. In 1978, she co-founded the distribution company filmladen.

Most Popular Ruth Beckermann Trailers

Total trailers found: 22

Zorro’s Bar Mitzvah Trailer (2006)

10 March 2006

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

The Mozart Minute Trailer (2006)

25 January 2006

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

The Steel Hammer Out There On the Grass Trailer (1981)

01 January 1981

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

Homemad(e) Trailer (2001)

12 September 2001

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

Those Who Go Those Who Stay Trailer (2013)

25 October 2013

Rain on a window pane, a fire truck, a tomcat with innumerable offspring: it is an intentionally unintentional gaze that allows for chance encounters, for stories and memories - leads that Ruth Beckermann follows across Europe and the Mediterranean.

Return to Vienna Trailer (1983)

10 June 1983

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 the rise of Austro-fascism and National Socialism.

Arena Squatted Trailer (1977)

01 January 1977

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 negotiations with the city and community and finally the demolition of the buildings.

Strade perdute - Filmmaker 23 Trailer (2023)

20 November 2023

For Filmmaker Film Festival (2023), Fulvio Baglivi and Cristina Piccino asked some filmmakers (R. Beckermann, J.

Immer wieder Österreich Trailer (2020)

01 January 2020

Jackson/Marker 4am Trailer (2012)

22 March 2012

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.

Favoriten Trailer (2024)

19 September 2024

Favoriten is one of the most culturally diverse neighborhoods in Vienna and the starting point of Ruth Beckermann’s latest documentary, in which she accompanies a class of pupils from the age of seven to ten.

A Fleeting Passage to the Orient Trailer (1999)

10 October 1999

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

Toward Jerusalem Trailer (1991)

23 February 1991

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.

East of War Trailer (1996)

27 November 1996

White-tiled rooms, neon lighting; on the walls black and white photographs documenting the atrocities committed by the german Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front in WW2.

Suddenly, A Strike Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

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

Mutzenbacher Trailer (2022)

16 June 2022

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 engage openly with the topic and language of the words on the page.

American Passages Trailer (2011)

31 March 2011

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 ultimate end of slavery.

Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years Trailer (2020)

20 May 2020

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

The Dreamed Ones Trailer (2016)

18 March 2016

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

The Paper Bridge Trailer (1987)

10 April 1987

Beckermann's parents met in Vienna after the Holocaust. Tracing the migratory paths of her family before World War II, Beckerman returns to the European Jewish communities which inspired her childhood stories.

The Waldheim Waltz Trailer (2018)

04 October 2018

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

WAX & GOLD Trailer (2026)

15 February 2026

Starting from a hotel in Addis Ababa built by Emperor Haile Selassie, Ruth Beckermann explores a place both familiar and foreign to her.