Bernd Spitzer

Schwabenkinder (2003)

A film about a piece of Germany's dark past at the end of the 19th century. ...

Mirakel (1990)

Andreas, who is ten, has been brought up by his grandmother. When she dies, he removes a putto from the crucifix placed upon her, puts it in his mouth and does not speak again. The attempts by adults to make a normal child out of him only cause him to fle ...

Marienthal: The Sociography of an Unemployed Community (1988)

One of the main theses of the Marienthal study was that prolonged unemployment leads to a state of apathy in which the victims do not utilize any longer even the few opportunities left to them. The vicious cycle between reduced opportunities and reduced le ...

Farewell (1984)

Vienna in the early eighties: After a suicide attempt, Tina, who comes from a middle-class family, is hospitalized in a psychiatric ward. There she gets to know Gerhard, an apprentice plumber, who also wanted to do away with himself. He comes from a workin ...

Alzire or the New Continent (1978)

A theatrical group prepare Voltaire's play "Alzire". From this the ideas of Voltaire are examined as they relate to the present day political situation. ...

Prinz und Betteljunge (1966)