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Spiegelgrund (2001)

Directed by Angelika Schuster, Tristan Sindelgruber

Documentary · 1h 11m

The documentary is issueing the life of people being victims of the childrens "medical" department "Am Spiegelgrund". Victims and relatives of victims tell their problems handling memories that determines their life up the present days. The documentary is concentrated on the path of four persons to enable the viewers to get an impression of their memories. The victims stories are surrounded by statements of experts about the historical and medical background, among others: Elisabeth Brainin, doctor of psychiatrics, Wolfgang Neugebauer, chairman of the documentary archives of Austrian resistance, and Werner Vogt, medical doctor, who was engaged in a defamation court battle with Heinrich Gross (and aquitted in 1981). Dr Gross' trial started on March, 21 in Vienna. After one hour the judge adjourned the proceedings for an indefinite time, ruling that Dr. Gross was not mental fit enough to follow the trial.

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Cast

A
Alois Kaufmann Himself
H
Hermine Kaufmann Herself
A
Antje Kosemund Herself
W
Wilhelm Roggenthien Himself
E
Elisabeth Brainin Herself
P
Peter Malina Himself
W
Wolfgang Neugebauer Himself
W
Werner Vogt Himself
M
Michael Wunder Himself
M
Marian Schönwiese Narrator (voice)

Crew

Director
Angelika Schuster, Tristan Sindelgruber
Editor
Angelika Schuster, Tristan Sindelgruber, Wolfgang Widerhofer

Details

Release date
2001-09-02
Runtime
1h 11m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
German
Countries
Austria
Production
Schnittpunkt - Sindelgruber Tristan, Film- & Multimediaproduktion