Thomas Bernhard

Maîtres anciens (1997)

An adaptation of the Thomas Bernhard play of the same name. ...

Teatermakaren (1991)

"The Theater-creaters" - About the actor Bruscon, who stops in the small village of Utzbach on tour and tries to successfully bring his play "Das Rad der Geschichte/The Wheel of History" on stage. His whole family - the wife, son and daughter - are involve ...

We (1990)

A short, graphically dynamic work contrasting contradictory views of perception and interpretation, by way of society's assumptions vis-a-vis phallocentrism and fetishism. ...

Heldenplatz (1989)

Heldenplatz centers on a Jewish family in the Vienna of 1988. The main character, Professor Josef Schuster, a mathematician, who can no longer stand the anti-Semitism he still finds in Austria 50 years after the Anschluss – commits suicide by jumping out ...

Der Kulterer (1974)

A quiet, unassuming man sentenced to a long term in a maximum-security prison uses his time to study and begins to write cryptic short stories. ...

The Hunting Party (1974)

The bark-beetle has invaded the big forest of the general, just as a fatal illness has into the body of its owner. The general is suffering from eye cataract, preventing him from seeing the symptoms of the trees' decline, just as he is unable to see his ow ...

The Ignoramus and the Madman (1972)

Der Italiener (1971)

The lord of the castle is found shot. His sister takes care of the appropriate wake, a firearm-happy guest from Spain romps around in the walls. An Italian listens to records of Bartók. The police doesn't appear. ...

Der Bauer zu Nathal – Kein Film über Thomas Bernhard (2018)

Thomas Bernhard, 1931–1989 (1998)

This film reveals, under the image of the provocative, misanthropic Austrian writer whose life was peppered with scandals and altercations, a funny and cheerful character, a "ruthless anarchist". ...

Thomas Bernhard – Ein Widerspruch. »Die Ursache bin ich selbst« (1986)

Thomas Bernhard in Madrid. ...

Thomas Bernhard – Eine Herausforderung. Monologe auf Mallorca (1981)

Thomas Bernhard rarely engaged in on-camera interviews and conversations. However, he was extremely taken with the television films created by Krista Fleischmann and recognized – both confidently and with foresight – their lasting value for posterity: ...

Thomas Bernhard, Three Days (1970)

This portrait of the great Austrian writer combines a brilliant monologue delivered by Thomas Bernhard and the artful film work of Ferry Radax. ...