Bernhard Frankfurter

Liebe das Leben - Lebe den Tod

Freyja, who is twenty-seven, comes to the capital from a provincial village. Freyja is commissioned to do research for a film about Margareta Glas-Larsson (78) and Emil Ostermann (93). The encounter with these people who were both persecuted during the National-Socialist period - Emil was able to escape, Margareta was deported to Auschwitz - causes Freyja to delve into her own past - a confrontation with life and death.

Liebe das Leben - Lebe den Tod

Freyja, who is twenty-seven, comes to the capital from a provincial village. Freyja is commissioned to do research for a film about Margareta Glas-Larsson (78) and Emil Ostermann (93). The encounter with these people who were both persecuted during the National-Socialist period - Emil was able to escape, Margareta was deported to Auschwitz - causes Freyja to delve into her own past - a confrontation with life and death.

Erz Schmerz

In Erz Schmerz, pain prevails on Erzberg, the “Styrian loaf of bread” that can hardly nourish the population anymore.

K. u. K.

A triangle story. First of all, there's Daisy, the stunning transvestite, looking for his own identity. Then, Hurry Up, the communication streaker on roller skates, moving just to keep moving, unable to sleep and rest, driven by the wish to incite discussions or feelings. And here is Mickey, the pub journalist who believes in social climbing and goes to pieces because of it. In order to make his life bearable, he runs away to the infantile world of Mickey Mouse...

K. u. K.

A triangle story. First of all, there's Daisy, the stunning transvestite, looking for his own identity. Then, Hurry Up, the communication streaker on roller skates, moving just to keep moving, unable to sleep and rest, driven by the wish to incite discussions or feelings. And here is Mickey, the pub journalist who believes in social climbing and goes to pieces because of it. In order to make his life bearable, he runs away to the infantile world of Mickey Mouse...

On the Road to Hollywood

Bernhard Frankfurter, a young Austrian filmmaker, follows the trails and roots of several German-speaking filmmakers who had been forced into exil by Hitler faschism. He interviewed prominent and less well-known artists who were forced to leave their (artistic) heimat because they were politically or racially no longer "acceptable"... A documentary film in which the personal commitment of the filmmaker is purposely brought to the attention of the viewer.

On the Road to Hollywood

Bernhard Frankfurter, a young Austrian filmmaker, follows the trails and roots of several German-speaking filmmakers who had been forced into exil by Hitler faschism. He interviewed prominent and less well-known artists who were forced to leave their (artistic) heimat because they were politically or racially no longer "acceptable"... A documentary film in which the personal commitment of the filmmaker is purposely brought to the attention of the viewer.

Die Vertreibung aus dem Paradies

Die Vertreibung aus dem Paradies is not a conventional portrait of an artist, but rather, documents the creation of the eponymous painting by Franz Ringel. The creative process is not depicted as isolated from the painter’s everyday life, instead, the film asks what drives the artist.

Frauen von G.

The women in Frauen von G. sew in piecework.

Asyl – Szenen aus einem Milieu

The short film Asyl explores the living conditions in a poverty stricken area in Graz, the notorious Barackenlager Nord (Barrack Camp North).