Heinz Petters

Erbsen auf halb 6 (2004)

It all starts with a bang. The car breaks through the crash barrier and falls off the bridge. The lights go out. After that, he is not able to see anymore. His optic nerve is severed, from now on the young stage-director Jakob is blind. His life will chang ...

Der Bockerer IV - Prager Frühling (2003)

In the year 1968, the "Bockerer" has decided, after many attempts, to marry his long-time widowed housekeeper, Anna. Gustl, whom he as taken in like a son after the war, will open a butchery in the Czech small town Kostelec and invites the Bockerers to spe ...

Zwei unter einem Dach (2001)

Small war among pensioners: The charming chaotic Walter Hofer and the pedant Eberhard Gatzweiler have had a love-hate relationship for decades. Not even their grandson Martin can change that. During the lovable tug-of-war for the favor of Martin's attracti ...

Lumpazivagabundus (2001)

Der Bockerer III - Die Brücke von Andau (2000)

Vienna, 1956. Viennese butcher Karl Bockerer goes to Hungary to buy meat. Along with his foster son and grandchild, he is caught up in the turmoil of the Hungarian revolt against the Soviet occupiers. With some luck and a great deal of cunning, Bockerer an ...

Ein Herz wird wieder jung (1999)

An old, rich bachelor learns that he has a granddaughter ... ...

Eine fast perfekte Hochzeit (1999)

After Henny's father loses his job at her ex-fiancee's shipyard because of Henny's affair with Sigi, he begins to panic about how to make a living and tries to find new quarters. His sister, Henny's aunt Marlene, suffers as a result of his chaotic efforts. ...

Der Bockerer II - Österreich ist frei (1996)

Vienna, 1947. Bockerer and his wife Binerl have survived the war, though his butcher's shop was destroyed by bombs. Karl Bockerer opens up a new establishment in the center of the city. Post-war Vienna is divided into four zones in which the Allies run th ...

Ein fast perfekter Seitensprung (1996)

It all starts when she runs away from the altar in a church in Hamburg. Easygoing Henny Schönberg has qualms about marrying in the very last second and runs off to leave her stunned would-be husband Martin von Platt. Still dressed in her wedding gown, she ...

Unser Opa ist der Beste (1995)

Retired coffee house owner Franz is a real hypochondriac. When he overhears the doctor's prognosis during a visit to the doctor, everything is clear to Franz: the terminally ill patient can only mean himself. He has three weeks left to sort out the affairs ...

Mein Freund, der Lipizzaner (1994)

Horse lover Paul Scheibner has dedicated himself to an unprofitable art: The young man wants to become a rider at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. When his uncomprehending girlfriend Regina leaves him for a nouveau riche hotelier's son, he finds solace ...

Die Zwillingsschwestern aus Tirol (1992)

Edited from the first two episodes of the Austrian TV-show "Almenrausch und Pulverschnee". ...

Der Waldbauernbub - Weihnacht in der Waldheimat (1983)

Styria in the second half of the 18th century: It's Christmas in the forest home of the poet Peter Rosegger. During Advent, Peter, a young forest farmer, first recites his dialect stories to an elegant crowd at the Reininghaus family home, becoming a major ...

Headstand (1982)

A misunderstood youth is incorrectly placed in a mental hospital. ...

Der richtige Mann (1982)

Karl Hirnschall is in his thirties and is a member of a Viennese avant-garde theatre group in the early seventies. When he is finally fed up with acting for low fees, he goes back to his former life. He becomes the "right man" for a grocery firm whose prod ...

Vor Gericht seh'n wir uns wieder - Skurriles aus dem schönen Wien (1978)

Attempted Flight (1976)

The twelve year old Ivo has been living in Vienna with his family for three years. His father and brothers work at construction sites. Their Austrian neighbors despise the Yugoslav guest workers. Because the mother has to look after the sick grandmother at ...

Der letzte Werkelmann (1973)

Vienna, a few days before the shots in Sarajevo which would trigger what was first called the Great, later simply the First World War: Job seekers from the crown lands flock to the capital of the empire in search of a better life, even if it's the factory ...

Wiener Totentanz (1971)

Jedermann (1970)

Zu ebener Erde und erster Stock (1969)

Axel an der Himmelstür (1966)