Waldheims Walzer | The Waldheim Waltz
Forum 2018
AUT 2018
by: Ruth Beckermann
Waldheims Walzer | The Waldheim Waltz
Forum 2018
AUT 2018
by: Ruth Beckermann
Waldheims Walzer | The Waldheim Waltz
Forum 2018
AUT 2018
by: Ruth Beckermann
Waldheims Walzer | The Waldheim Waltz
Forum 2018
AUT 2018
by: Ruth Beckermann
Ruth Beckermann
Feb 17, 2018Ruth Beckermann
The director of the Austrian film.
Forum – Waldheims Walzer | The Waldheim Waltz
Feb 24, 2018Ruth Beckermann
Forum – Waldheims Walzer | The Waldheim Waltz – Glashütte Original Documentary Award
Feb 24, 2018Ulrike Ottinger, Ruth Beckermann, Cíntia Gil, Eric Schlosser
The award winner and the jury at the Photo-Call.
Forum – Waldheims Walzer | The Waldheim Waltz – Glashütte Original Documentary Award
Feb 24, 2018Ruth Beckermann
The director at the Award Ceremony.
Forum – Waldheims Walzer | The Waldheim Waltz – Glashütte Original Documentary Award
A lot of time has passed since the scandal surrounding the Nazi past of former UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim made headlines worldwide, not least because he denied it. It all started during the 1986 Austrian presidential campaign, when Waldheim was supposed to gain victory and thus reach the pinnacle of his storybook post-war political career. Based on smartly chosen international TV archive material, this documentary essay reconstructs how this heated debate progressed, all the way up to the second round of voting in June 1986. The positions of the various stakeholders – excerpts from the press conferences of the World Jewish Congress, debates in the UN General Assembly, hearings in the US Congress as well as statements by the Austrian People’s Party and its candidate – are joined by Ruth Beckermann’s subjective, analytical commentary in voiceover. She’s also there in the video footage she shot herself, documents of an oppositional movement that show anti-Waldheim events and verbal disputes with resentful and anti-Semitic passersby. Rabble-rousing, slander, media-bashing, and denying facts – they all broke new ground here. Yes, a lot of time has passed, but it’s not over yet.
by
Ruth Beckermann
Austria 2018
German, English, French
Documentary form93’ · Colour
World premiere
Born in Vienna in 1952. After studying Journalism and Art History she worked as a journalist. She co-founded the Filmladen distribution company in 1978. She was involved with the company for seven years, and her first films and books date from that period. Ruth Beckermann has been working as a writer and filmmaker since 1985.
Filmography1977 Arena besetzt; 78 min. 1978 Auf amol a Streik; 24 min. 1981 Der Hammer steht auf der Wiese da draußen; 40 min. 1984 Wien retour; 95 min. 1986 Der Igel; 34 min. 1987 Die papierene Brücke; 95 min. 1991 Nach Jerusalem; 87 Min., Forum 1991 1996 Jenseits des Krieges; 117 Min., Forum 1997 1999 Ein flüchtiger Zug nach dem Orient; 82 Min., Forum 2000 2001 Homemad(e); 85 Min., Forum 2001 2006 Zorros Bar Mizwa; 90 min. · Mozart Enigma; 1 min. 2011 American Passages; 120 min. 2012 Jackson/Marker 4am; 4 min. 2013 Those Who Go Those Who Stay; 75 min. 2015 The Missing Image; multi channel video installation 2016 Die Geträumten; 89 Min., Forum 2016 2018 Waldheims Walzer (The Waldheim Waltz)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2018
Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion
Wide House